 Insurgents killed 17 Iraqi police and National Guards Monday in another bloody spree of ambushes, bombings and suicide attacks aimed at wrecking Iraq's Jan. 30 national election. Two explosions rocked Baghdad, including one detonated by a suicide bomber posing as a taxi driver who killed two policemen and a civilian near interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party headquarters. The other deadly attacks were centered in the restive Sunni heartland north of the capital, raising further questions among Iraqis on how the country's fledgling security forces will be able to protect voters if they can hardly protect themselves. |