Baghdad - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a national reconciliation conference in Iraq Friday, killing at least 23 people and wounding another 42 south of Baghdad, security sources said.

The bomber was a wanted man, identified as Mohamed al-Kargholi. He smuggled himslef into a national reconciliation conference in a sheikh's house, general Qassem Attah told the Voices of Iraq (VOI) news agency. (dpa)