BAGHDAD — A suicide attack in the Taji area, north of the Iraqi capital, killed at least seven people and wounded 17 on Thursday, security and medical officials said. It was not immediately clear if the target was the area’s sprawling military base or an entrance to Taji itself, and the number of suicide bombers was unknown. US military trainers are based at Taji, helping to instruct some 1,600 Iraqi soldiers in a six-week program aimed at readying them to face the Islamic State (IS) group.There was no immediate claim for the attack, but suicide bombings are a tactic almost exclusively employed by Sunni extremist groups in Iraq, including IS. — AFP