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Fallujah Still Dangerous - 25 Police Recruits Blown Up
 BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber hit a police recruiting center in Fallujah on Thursday, killing at least 25 people and wounding 50, police said. U.S. forces backed by helicopter gunships clashed with suspected al-Qaida gunmen in western Baghdad in an engagement that lasted several hours. At least 10 policemen were among the dead in the Fallujah attack, which occurred about 11 a.m., according to a police official in the city who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information. Fallujah, in restive ... obligatory descriptor ... Anbar province, is 40 miles west of Baghdad. Police said the bomber detonated his explosives vest at the third of four checkpoints as he stood among recruits who were lining up to apply for jobs on the force. The center had only been opened on Saturday in a primary school in eastern Fallujah. The U.S. military and Iraqi army and police were running the center along with members of Anbar Salvation Council, a loose grouping of Sunni tribes that have banded together to fight al-Qaida. Key question - will this scare the tribal counter-insurgency off, or inspire it? Police stations and recruiting posts have been a favorite target of Sunni insurgents and al-Qaida through the course of the Iraq war. Posted by: Glenmore 2007-05-31 |
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