Iraq's Security Forces Targeted In Two Attacks -- Christian Science Monitor
In Iraq, two attacks in two days on security forces are a sign that the country is still far from stable – though attacks on civilians are down.
Iraq's national police forces were targeted in two suicide bombings in the past two days, marking the deadliest round of violence in Iraq in the past three months and highlighting the particular danger that the country's police face.
On Tuesday, a suicide bomber wearing a vest stuffed with explosives killed at least 50 people outside a police recruitment station in Tikrit, the hometown of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein. The explosives detonated in the middle of a group of about 100 police volunteers waiting to be interviewed, according to BBC.
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