Suicide bomber kills 21, wounds 40

A SUICIDE bomber killed at least 21 people and wounded more than 40 at an Iraqi army recruiting centre in Western Baghdad yesterday.

The attack came as a leaked British government memo revealed US and British hopes to more than halve their troop numbers in Iraq over the next year.

Any such plan would rely on recruiting and training Iraqi forces to take over, but army recruits are a prime target for insurgents.