Daily Star: Tight security measures after deadly Iraq suicide attack

[Mufaddal]

HILLAH, Iraq: Iraqi authorities tightened security in several provinces Monday after a suicide attack at a checkpoint south of Baghdad killed 61 people, security and medical officials said.

A truck packed with explosives was detonated by a suicide bomber at the main checkpoint guarding the northern entrance to the city of Hillah Sunday, the deadliest such attack in Iraq this year.

"The death toll following the suicide attack has risen to 61, including 23 members of the security forces," a doctor at Babil province health directorate told AFP.

"There are serious security measures at all checkpoints around Baghdad following the suicide attack north of Hillah yesterday," a police colonel in the capital said.

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Of course, as long as Iraqi police continue the widespread use of fake bomb detectors, most security "upgrades" won't matter. I used to argue with security forces about this at checkpoints and they still insist that they're real, even though the guy who hawked them to the Iraqi government and many other states is still in prison over it.