surge update - Bomb at Iraqi Base Leaves at Least 16 Dead, Scores Hurt

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BAGHDAD, April 16 -- A suicide bomber detonated explosives inside an Iraqi army base in western Iraq Thursday afternoon, killing at least 16 people and wounding 40, Iraqi officials said.

The attack was the second in as many weeks targeting Iraqi security installations, and it renewed fears that Iraq's crippled insurgent groups are making a comeback as the U.S. military is starting to withdraw.

The Iraqi Defense Ministry, contradicting the account of officers at the scene, said the explosion wounded 17 people but did not kill anyone. It was not immediately possible to reconcile the reports.

The bomber, wearing an Iraqi army uniform, entered the dining room at a large military base in Habbaniyah, a city in Anbar province, at approximately 12:30 p.m., when it was packed with a lunchtime crowd, said Maj. Yassen al-Dulaimi, an officer stationed there.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/04/16/AR2009041602129_pf.html

[malaise]

1. Looks like someone doesn't want Iraqis to

stand up. Where is Cheney and his Pentagon friends?

[Arctic Dave]

2. ?

"The attack was the second in as many weeks targeting Iraqi security installations, and it renewed fears that Iraq's crippled insurgent groups are making a comeback as the U.S. military is starting to withdraw."

Iraqi insurgent groups were never crippled, they were paid off. Why is this so hard to understand?