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Iraq bomber kills army recruits | |
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At least 10 people have died and 13 have been wounded in a suicide bombing at an Iraqi army recruiting centre west of Baghdad, officials say. | |
The bomber detonated a vest of explosives as potential recruits were gathering at the centre in Abu Ghraib, a town on the outskirts of the capital. | The bomber detonated a vest of explosives as potential recruits were gathering at the centre in Abu Ghraib, a town on the outskirts of the capital. |
Attacks by insurgents have continued unabated despite a US-led security crackdown launched in February. | Attacks by insurgents have continued unabated despite a US-led security crackdown launched in February. |
Iraq's army and police recruits are often targets for suicide bombers. | Iraq's army and police recruits are often targets for suicide bombers. |
The bodies of at least five Iraqi police officers were found shot and dumped in a field outside the city of Baiji, 250km (155 miles) north of Baghdad on Friday. | |
One police officer told the AFP news agency they were tribal recruits to a special anti-terrorism police unit in the restive Anbar province. | |
In other violence, a bystander was killed in the northern oil city of Kirkuk when a roadside bomb attack targeted a passing police patrol. | |
A police officer died in a suicide bomb attack in Baghdad's Yarmuk neighbourhood, while a woman was killed by a mortar round in south-west Bayaa district. | |
Six men were killed and a woman and five children wounded after US helicopters fired on three houses in eastern Baghdad, the Associated Press reports. | |
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