At least 48 people have been killed and 129 injured in a suicide bomb attack at a military recruitment centre in Baghdad, the Iraqi capital.
The injured were rushed to hospitals nearby the military centre, which was the defense ministry under Saddam Hussein rule.
This latest bombing comes a fortnight before the last US combat troops withdrawal.
At least 300 people have been killed since the beginning of August.
Al Jazeera's Omar Al Saleh reports from Baghdad.
