MORE SIGNS OF UNREST IN IRAQ. SUICIDE BOMBER TARGETS IRAQI POLICE

With the Iraqi elections just around the corner in March, there are more and more signs the country is coming apart at the seams.

The mainstream media in the United States has their head stuck in the sand over the obvious and increasing violence in Iraq.

Suicide bomber targets Iraqi police
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Iraq's national elections next month is being billed as a critical test of stability [AFP]

A suicide car bombing has killed at least three people and wounded four others, including two policemen, at an interior ministry detention centre, police have said.Security and hospital officials said a six-year-old boy, his father and a policeman were among those killed on Monday when the bomber drove a car loaded with explosives into the centre near Ramadi, the capital of western Anbar province.

Attacks in Ramadi, the Sunni stronghold west of Baghdad, have generally decreased since 2006, when local Sunni tribes sided with the US military.

But the latest violence comes as campaigning for next month's elections in Iraq becomes mired in a row over a ban on scores of candidates.