Suicide bomber kills at least 17 at Iraq recruiting centre
A suicide bomber attacked near a joint US-Iraqi military base in northern Iraq today, killing at least 17 people and wounding as many as 30, the Iraqi military said.
Brig. Muhsin Al-Dolaki, vice commander of the 3rd Iraqi Army division at Camp Kasak put the death toll at 17 killed and 30 wounded.
The US military said no American troops were hurt in the suicide bombing about 18 miles east of the ancient city of Tal Afar. The bomber struck shortly after noon local time at an Iraqi army recruiting centre in front of the base.
President Bush singled out Tal Afar in a recent speech as a success story for American and Iraqi forces in the drive to quell the insurgency.
Iraqi army Lt. Akram Eid said many of the injured were taken to the Sykes US Army base on the outskirts of Tal Afar, which is about 40 miles west of Mosul, Iraq’s third largest city.
The involvement of US troops was limited to helping secure the area after the attack, said Lt. Col. Barry Johnson, a US military spokesman.
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