BAGHDAD ? Insurgents attacked a checkpoint in western Iraq on Tuesday, killing five policemen, police and hospital officials said.
The attack brings to at least 155 the number of the people killed in a wave of violence across Iraq since the beginning of this year.
A police officer said the assault occurred in the Anbar province town of Rutba as the police were guarding the highway that links Iraq with neighboring Jordan.
A doctor in a nearby hospital confirmed the death toll. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.
Anbar province was a former al-Qaida in Iraq stronghold and the birthplace of the pro-government Sunni militia that fought al-Qaida. The attack came two days after gunmen stormed a government compound and killed seven policemen in the provincial capital of Ramadi.
The recent attacks suggest that Sunni insurgents are seeking to undermine the Shiite-dominated government after the full withdrawal of U.S. troops last month.
Many Iraqis fear that the security forces are not capable to protect Iraq without the help of the U.S. troops and that the country could descend into violence again.
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