And Cheney's last throes continue:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A suicide bomber detonated his explosives near a propane fuel tanker parked near a gas station south of Baghdad Saturday evening, killing at least 60 and wounding as many as 100 people, police sources said.

The massive blast occurred in the center of Musayyib along a dangerous stretch in Babil province known as the Triangle of Death about 45 miles south of the capital. Musayyib is predominantly Shiite.

The explosion destroyed a neighboring apartment complex and damaged a Shiite mosque and surrounding businesses, police said.

The tanker entered Musayyib after being searched at the city's entrance and parked at the city center, according to police. The bomber, strapped with an explosive vest, approached the tanker and detonated. Police are calling it a coordinated attack, suggesting the tanker's driver was part of the attack.

In December a suicide bomber exploded a tanker truck filled with gasoline and killed nine people in the Baghdad district of Mansour.

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