Suicide bomber kills 20 traffic policemen

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the middle of morning roll call today outside traffic police headquarters in the northern Kurdish city of Irbil, killing at least 20 and wounding 50 more, police said.

The bomber disguised himself as a policeman and joined the gathering of some 200 traffic policemen in a courtyard at 8am (0500BST), said police Col. Mohammed Saleh and Lt. Col. Abdul-Salam Zibari.