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Tue 06 Jun 2007Baghdad bomb kills 78 amid US offensiveA suspected al-Qaeda bomber killed 78 people when he rammed a truck into a Shia mosque in Baghdad today, just hours after 10,000 US troops began an offensive against the Sunni Islamist group north of the capital.Residents gather at the site of today's bomb attack in Baghdad, which has killed around 60 people. Reuters/Ali Jasim