At least 50 people were killed and 150 injured Tuesday, January 18, in an attack in Tikrit, 160 km north of Baghdad. "A suicide bomber detonated his explosives belt in front of a recruiting center for the police," said a police official. This is the deadliest attack in Iraq since Oct. 31, when an armed commando stormed the cathedral during mass Syrian Catholic in Baghdad, killing 44 worshipers and priests.The five members of the commando were killed, along with seven members of the security forces. The attack was claimed by the Islamic State in Iraq, Iraqi branch of Al Qaeda. The violence had appeared to decline in Iraq in November with the conclusion of an agreement on power sharing between the various Iraqi political movements that led to the formation on December 21 a new government after nine months of political crisis.
November and December 2010 were the two months of the year less deadly for Iraqis, according to figures provided by departments. Salahouddine province, which is from the family of Saddam Hussein, continues to be the scene of frequent attacks by Sunni insurgents fighting against the authorities in Baghdad, where Shiites dominate.
Tikrit is a town in the predominantly Sunni. This attack is a reminder that the Iraqi police and army, who are solely responsible for security missions in Iraq since the end of the combat mission of the U.S. Army August 31, 2010, remain prime targets of insurgent movements. On 17 August, a suicide bomber blew himself around a center of army recruitment in Baghdad, killing 59 dead and over 125 wounded.
The attack was claimed by Al Qaeda.
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