At least 25 are dead after an attack on an Army recruiting center in the northern Iraqi town of Rubia. More below.
A suicide attacker detonated an explosives belt in a crowd of Iraqi army recruits Friday in a town near the Syrian border, killing at least 25 and wounding 35, a police general said.
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Officials said the attack in Rabiah occurred in the midst of recruits training in a secured area, and they speculated some of the guards might have allowed the bomber to enter the post about 230 miles north of Baghdad.
A recently released U.S. report said Iraqi security forces have suffered from inadequate vetting processes and are highly vulnerable to infiltration by insurgents.
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Officials said the attack in Rabiah, 230 miles north of Baghdad, occurred in the midst of volunteers for the Iraqi army. A wounded survivor, Rashid Hamed, said dozens had gathered outside a municipal building to submit applications when an American soldier asked them to move a short distance away.
"Minutes later I saw a portly young man carrying a bag in his hand and heading toward us. I don't remember anything else but waking up in the hospital," Hamed said from a hospital bed in Mosul.
Today's attack near the Syrian border is an area expected to be a particularly fierce hotbed of insurgency.
Elsewhere in Baghdad, one person was reported dead and ten others injured following a car bomb on a bridge in the Attafiyah district.
Links:
AP story on Rabia attack
