Al-Qaeda's wing in Iraq said today it was behind a suicide car bomb attack that killed 125 people in the town of Hilla, according to a web statement.
"A lion from our martyrdom brigade plunged into a gathering of apostates in front of a police and National Guard registration centre, blowing up his loaded car and killing 125 apostates," said the statement by Al-Qaeda Organisation for Holy War in Iraq.
The claim for yesterday's attack could not be verified, but was posted in the name of the user who usually disseminates statements by al-Qaeda in Iraq.
It appeared on the Islamist website most often used by Iraqi insurgents.
