Many dead in attacks on Iraqi security forces

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-19535086


At least 27 people have been killed in a wave of at least 10 attacks in Iraq, some targeting the security forces.

In the deadliest single incident, 11 soldiers were killed in a shooting and bombing attack on an army checkpoint north of Baghdad.

Another bomb killed seven police recruits near the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk, reports say.

Sunni insurgents linked to al-Qaeda have been blamed for much of the recent violence in Iraq.



A group of police recruits were targeted at a compound several kilometres outside Kirkuk

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1. dubyageddon continues.

Afghanistan will be worse.

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2. this is just the nightmare that won't end.

it's simply amazing to me what iraq has had to cope with since the fall of saddam.

and yes - i think afghanistan will be a tragic mess.

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4. Afghanistan was never that great to begin with

Iraq was an actual modern society. Afghanistan was (and still is) stuck in the middle ages (albeit with cell phone towers now).

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3. WAVE OF ATTACKS KILL AT LEAST 44 IN IRAQ

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/M/ML_IRAQ?SITE=AP&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT&CTIME=2012-09-09-06-43-40


Security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Basra, 340 miles (550 kilometers) southeast of Baghdad, Iraq, Sunday, Sept. 9, 2012. In violence, which struck at least 10 cities across the nation Insurgents killed at least 39 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said. (AP Photo/Nabil al-Jurani)

BAGHDAD (AP) -- Insurgents killed at least 44 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces on Sunday, gunning down soldiers at an army post and bombing police recruits waiting in line to apply for jobs, officials said.

The violence, which struck at least 11 cities and also wounded nearly 240 people, highlighted militant attempts to sow havoc in the country and undermine the government.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attacks but security forces are a frequent target of al-Qaida's Iraq branch, which has vowed to reassert itself and take back areas it was forced from before U.S. troops withdrew from the country last year.