I think I see the problem

Today in Baghdad, several dozen were killed in a bombing "in a restaurant favored by police."

If you were a policeman in Baghdad, being paid by American money and propping up what's perceived as an American puppet regime, wouldn't you, on your spare time, try to get as far away from other cops as possible? Or would you stick around a locale that may as well have a big sign on it that says BOMB HERE?