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A senior Sunni cleric who sided with the government, denounced al Qaeda in Iraq, and sought to repair relations with the Shia community was badly wounded in an IED attack in Baghdad. Four of the cleric’s bodyguards were killed in the blast.

More than 90 Iraqis were killed yesterday in a spate of bombings and shootings across the country. Security forces killed three suicide bombers in Anbar. More than one million Iraqis signed a petition calling for the death penalty.

Insurgents killed 21 Iraqis, including six policemen, in a series of bombings and armed attacks in Baghdad, Baqubah, Fallujah, and Kirkuk. Security forces arrested seven al Qaeda leaders in Anbar province.

Security forces killed an Iraqi “gunman” and detained a Saudi man during a clash along the Syrian border in Rabia. Security forces also detained 15 wanted “terrorists” during a raid south of Kirkuk.

Insurgents killed three policemen and wounded three more officers and two civilians in a pair of bombings in Jurf al-Sakhar. Insurgents also shot and killed two employees of the Sunni endowment in Baghdad.

“Gunmen” killed seven Shia as they were swimming in a lake in the village of Amerili near Tuz Khormato. Iraq has surpassed Iran to become the second largest OPEC oil producer.

A suicide bomber killed five people in an attack on a Shia mosque in a village near Mosul. Insurgents killed four Awakening fighters in an attack near Tikrit. Security forces detained seven al Qaeda fighters in Daqouq.

Insurgents killed 13 Iraqis in a bombing in Tanmiyah, and a lawyer, his wife, and five sons in a shooting in Baghdad. Oil production has risen to three million barrels a day, the highest rate since 2002.

Eleven members of al Qaeda in Iraq were caught while attempting to escape from the Abu Ghraib prison. Iraq’s oil pipeline through Turkey was shut down after a blast in Turkey.

Insurgents killed three policemen in Mosul and another in Baghdad, and a police commander in Rutbah. Three gunmen and two security personnel were killed in a clash Bayji.

Thirty-four Iraqis were killed in a series of insurgent attacks throughout the country over the past two days. The targets included security forces, Awakening militiamen, government workers, and civilians.