I'm confused

Iraq bombings, clashes kill 62
by Salam Faraj
15 Apr 2008
BAGHDAD (AFP) - A spate of bombings across Iraq and a fresh surge of fighting between Shiite militiamen and US forces in east Baghdad killed at least 62 people on Tuesday, Iraqi officials said.

A car bomb outside a courthouse in the central city of Baquba, a stronghold of Al-Qaeda, killed at least 40 people and wounded 80 in the most devastating attack in the violence-wracked country in a month, police said.
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I thought the so-called "al Qaeda in Iraq" was staging its last stand in Mosul. They're in Baquba, too? Anywhere else?

Stop the madness!