Another 46 people were wounded in the attack on the Muthanna facility, which lies in an area where security forces and Shiite paramilitaries have been fighting to drive out the insurgents.
Security forces seized the complex from the militants several days ago and were using it as a foothold for an offensive aimed at cutting IS group supply lines from Samarra to the western Iraqi province of Anbar.
IS group fighters have seized a formidable arsenal of military vehicles, weapons and ammunition from retreating Iraqi forces over the past year.
- "The attack was carried out with a tank and left more than 70 killed and wounded," a senior police officer said.
Anbar’s capital, Ramadi, was overrun by the insurgents two weeks ago in the most significant setback for Iraqi forces since a US-led coalition began bombing the militants last summer.
Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi has vowed to launch a quick counter-offensive to retake the city, but the Shiite paramilitary groups that have taken charge of the offensive say remaining militant strongholds in Salahuddin province must be cleared first.
Iraqi security forces have successfully repelled several other suicide attacks involving explosives-laden vehicles in recent days.
(FRANCE 24 with AFP, REUTERS)
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1/6/15
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