Al-Qaeda group claims Iraq parliament attack

DUBAI - An alliance of Sunni groups headed by Al-Qaeda in Iraq said in an Internet statement on Friday that it carried out a deadly suicide bomb attack inside the Iraqi parliament building.
"After studying the area... a hero from the Islamic state of Iraq wearing an explosive belt infiltrated the apostates of the parliament. Allah used his hand to destroy the group of infidels," the self-styled Islamic Nation of Iraq said in the Internet statement.
Thursday's bombing killed one parliamentarian and wounded 22 other people in the legislature's cafeteria, the US military said on Friday, revising the previous day's toll down from eight reported dead and 23 wounded.

04/13/2007 13:08 GMT