{"id":677,"date":"2010-08-17T11:04:41","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T11:04:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=677"},"modified":"2010-08-17T11:04:41","modified_gmt":"2010-08-17T11:04:41","slug":"bomber-strikes-iraq-army-centre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/08\/17\/677\/","title":{"rendered":"Bomber strikes Iraq army centre"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"iraq-blast2\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/iraq-blast2.jpg\" width=\"254\" height=\"216\" \/>At least 45 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at an army recruitment centre in the Iraqi capital. Iraqi officials said at least 121 other people were wounded in the blast on Tuesday, when a suicide attacker detonated a bomb as men queued outside the centre in central Baghdad.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The attack occurred at the historical site of former defence ministry, a building that was turned into an army recruitment centre and military base after the 2003 US-led invasion.<br \/>Al Jazeera&#8217;s Omar Al Saleh, reporting from Baghdad, said the centre was busy on Tuesday because the defence ministry had recently called on new recruits to join the army.<br \/>&#8220;According to a police source they were standing in the hundreds,&#8221; he said.<br \/>&#8220;Then a suicide bomber wearing an explosive belt [and] wearing an army uniform was talking to those recruits, pretending that he was trying to get their names, so people gathered around him and he detonated his charge.<br \/>&#8220;This is the deadliest attack since the start of [the Muslim holy month of] Ramadan, and the deadliest perhaps in the last month or so.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Target of attacks<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Security forces have been frequent targets of attack since the start of army restructure after the US-led invasion.<br \/>Tuesday&#8217;s attack comes two weeks ahead of a US deadline to cut its troop numbers to about 50,000 and a day after Iraqi lawmakers suspended talks on forming a new government.<br \/>The Iraqiya bloc headed by Iyad Allawi, Iraq&#8217;s former prime minister, said on Monday that it had suspended talks with the State of Law bloc headed by Nouri al-Maliki, the country&#8217;s incumbent prime minister, in protest against al-Maliki&#8217;s &#8220;sectarian tone&#8221;. Our correspondent said different armed groups appear to be trying to take advantage of the power vacuum in Iraq, as lawmakers squabble over positions in a new government more than five months after an inconclusive March 7 election.<br \/>&#8220;Everyone you speak to here is concerned that attacks could get more frequent because of the US withdrawal plans and months of political uncertainty in Iraq,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p> Source: Al Jazeera and agencies<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least 45 people have been killed in a suicide bomb attack at an army recruitment centre in the Iraqi capital. 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