A suicide bomber blew himself up Tuesday at a checkpoint near the offices of two prominent lawmakers, including a former prime minister. The attack killed two guards.The lawmakers, former Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and Sunni politician Saleh Mutlaq, were out of the country at the time. Both condemned the attack as a sign of rampant lawlessness in Iraq despite U.S. and Iraqi claims of greatly improved security.
A statement from Allawi's Iraqi National Accord party said it was the second such attack in two days. The statement said a bomb went off Monday near Allawi's home, which also serves as his office. "By God's good grace, no one was hurt," it said.
"The same enemies set off another bomb this morning at the checkpoint immediately opposite the house ... thinking he was present," the statement added.
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