Suicide Bombing in Volatile Iraqi Province Kills at Least 25
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Wednesday, August 27, 2008
BAGHDAD, Aug. 26 -- A suicide bomber killed at least 25 people in restive Diyala province Tuesday in one of the deadliest attacks in Iraq in weeks, officials said.
The attack occurred in the city of Jalawla, in northern Diyala, at 10:30 a.m. when a man in a blue car packed with explosives detonated the load amid a group of police recruits, said the city's mayor, Anwar Hussein Mikhael.
The Iraqi army is conducting a major operation to clear Sunni insurgents from the province, northeast of Baghdad, which is among the deadliest in the country. Mikhael said the bombing bore the hallmarks of the Sunni insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq.
The Tuesday attack and a suicide bombing Sunday that killed about 25 people in Baghdad came as violence in Iraq dipped to some of its lowest levels since the war began in 2003. The Iraqi government has cited the improved security as part of its rationale for demanding that all U.S. troops withdraw by the end of 2011.
Officials said the car exploded outside a shop where the police recruits were photocopying documents. The dead included at least 15 recruits, officials said.
More than 46 people were injured, Mikhael said.
A Kurdish brigade that had been in control of the area left about a week ago at the request of the Iraqi government, and the city is recruiting security forces for the area.
A Washington Post special correspondent in Diyala province contributed to this report.
