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Describe how the article you are reading uses (or does not use) each of the following vocabulary words. Use one or two complete sentences for each description.

1. News Story or Editorial: 80 killed in three Iraq Suicide Bombings on April 23

2. Intent: This is the largest death-toll due to attacks since[|February 2008].

3. Bias or Unbias: At least 140 people are killed and 240 wounded in Iraq in the past two days.

4. “Spin”: Iraqi officials said, held a young child’s hand as she set off her explosives among a group of women and children receiving emergency food aid.

5. Political Orientation: The government may have scored at least one important security victory on Thursday, announcing the capture of a major leader of the Sunni insurgency, Abu Omar al-Baghdadi.

**80 Killed in Three Iraq Suicide Bombings (Apr. 23):** At least 80 people are killed in three separate suicide bombings in Baghdad, Iraq. This is the largest death-toll due to attacks since [|February 2008]. One of the bombings is reportedly set off by a female, who was standing among a group of women and children receiving food aid. **(Apr. 24):** Another 60 people have been killed in two more attacks, this time set off outside the holiest __[|Shiite]__ site in Baghdad, the shrine of Imam Musa al-Kadhim. At least 140 people are killed and 240 wounded in Iraq in the past two days.