There was little official comment on the identities of the two suicide attackers who struck Thursday.

Three suicide attackers were also killed, the police said.

He was involved in the training of suicide attackers.

The police were trying to confirm the identity of the suicide attacker and determine how he had traveled to Iraq.

In the west of the city, another two suicide attackers detonated explosives outside a police station.

That may not deter the suicide attackers themselves, he said, "but it will stop those who help them."

That would go a long ways to ex- plain why they used a suicide attacker to take out the French when they're low on men.

Much is made of the fact that we aren't sure who the Iraqi suicide attackers are.

"Our investigation shows that a suicide attacker jumped into the vehicle and blew himself up," he said.

This is perhaps the story of various suicide attackers.