Baghdad, July 30, SPA -- A suicide bomber wearing a belt ofexplosives blew himself up among Iraqi army volunteers in atown near the Syrian border yesterday, killing as many as 44 people. Al-Qaida in Iraq claimed responsibility, The Associated Press reported. Police and army recruits have been a recurrent target ofthe Iraqi insurgency. The U.S. military said insurgents also killed two Marines. The deaths brought to 11 the number of U.S. fatalities this week _ eight of them in combat.--SPA1052 Local Time 0752 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/279926