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Attacks in Iraq Kill 7

   VOA News 24 June 2010

   At least seven people were killed in attacks on security forces across
   Iraq on Thursday.

   The  deadliest  attack  was  at  a police checkpoint in western Mosul,
   where  a  suicide  bomber  blew  himself  up  and  killed  four police
   officers. Four policeman were wounded in that attack.

   On  the  other side of the northern city of Mosul, two suicide bombers
   detonated  their  explosives  near  the main gate of an army base. One
   soldier was killed and five others were wounded.

   In  the  capital,  Baghdad,  blasts from two roadside bombs killed two
   police  officers and wounded eight others. One attacker was stopped in
   Tal  Afar,  west  of  Mosul.  Security  forces shot him as he tried to
   detonate his car bomb near a public market.

   Iraq   has  been  hit  by  a  wave  of  violence  since  the  nation's
   parliamentary  elections in March failed to yield a clear winner. Bomb
   attacks in recent days have killed more than 30 people.

   Some  officials  fear  insurgents  may  be  taking  advantage  of  the
   country's political deadlock to try to derail recent security gains.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and Reuters.

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