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Iraqis: 11 family members killed in raid

MOSUL, Iraq, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Eleven members of an Iraqi family, including women and children, were killed by a suicide bomber Sunday during a U.S. military raid, local police say.

CNN reported the Iraqis were killed when a suicide bomber detonated an explosive vest in the northern city of Mosul.

A coalition military statement said U.S. troops were searching for a wanted man when they entered a building containing the family members.

Once inside, the coalition troops were fired upon and shortly thereafter, "a terrorist detonated a suicide vest," the statement said.

18 killed, 23 hurt in Turkey truck crash

MALKARA, Turkey, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A truck carrying illegal immigrants crashed in northwestern Turkey Sunday, killing 18 people and injuring 23 more, a provincial official said.

Gov. Aydin Nezih Dogan of Tekirdag province told the Anatolia Agency the truck veered off the road and rolled into a ditch. The accident happened near Malkara, he said.

The governor said most those who died were immigrants from Burma. Officials were trying to identify the victims and determine their nationalities.

Pawlenty criticizes Obama for Ayers event

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Republican presidential nominee John McCain's supporters Sunday took aim at Democrat Barack Obama's association with a "domestic terrorist."

Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty, who supports McCain, criticized Obama's association with William Ayers, whose 1960s group, the Weathermen, committed bombings on the Pentagon, the U.S. Capitol and across the nation.

"Now Barack Obama at the time was 8 or 9 years old, or whatever, but that's not the point, the point is this same individual, Bill Ayers, hosted some sort of political event at his home for Barack Obama when Barack was running for state Legislature in Illinois when he was well into his 30s," Pawlenty said. "It goes to the issue of what kind of judgment would allow an unrepentant domestic terrorist to host a political event for you in his home, in the terrorist's home."

Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, an Obama supporter, said what the voters are concerned about is the economy, not negative attacks on a candidate.

"Well, you've seen a 26-year Senate veteran morph into an angry, desperate candidate in the last few weeks, especially in the last few days," Brown said of McCain "And it just kind of makes me sad … that John McCain and Sarah Palin are resorting to these tactics."

Feinstein: McCain interfered with talks

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- Supporters for the two major presidential nominees Sunday fought over the role their candidate played in passing the financial industry bailout bill.

In an appearance on CBS's "Face the Nation" program, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said Democratic nominee Barack Obama showed true leadership by stating his principles clearly, while John McCain, the Republican senator from Arizona, was erratic.

"Senator McCain kind of parachuted in. He said he was halting the campaign. He was not going to do the debate," she said. "He plunged in at a time of very sensitive negotiations. The negotiations fell apart at that moment, and they had to begin again."

Rep. Heather Wilson, R-N.M., said she thought McCain was able to galvanize Republicans around the plan, which Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson pushed for, and the president signed last week.

"Secretary Paulson was not doing well. He was not getting the support he needed and presenting this plan very well," she said. "But Senator McCain saying, OK, this is important. We need to get engaged on this. And he has influence particularly with House Republicans."