JUST SO SAD

A suicide driver blew up his explosives-rigged car Wednesday outside an army recruiting centre in central Baghdad where hundreds of Iraqis were lined up to volunteer for the military, killing at least 36 people, U.S. officials and Iraqi witnesses said.

Iraq's deputy interior minister, Ahmed Ibrahim, said 47 people were killed and 50 injured. He told reporters "this crime" will "not deter the people's march toward freedom." It was the second deadly suicide attack in two days on Iraqis working with the U.S-led coalition.

The suicide attack Wednesday followed a truck bombing against a police station south of Baghdad that killed up to 53 people and wounded scores, including would-be Iraqi recruits applying for jobs.

U.S. officials have been warning of a possible increase in attacks, particularly against Iraqis, as insurgents try to disrupt the planned June 30 transfer of sovereignty to a provisional Iraqi government.