Baghdad, Dec 28, SPA -- Insurgents launched multiple attacks on Iraqi police across the dangerous Sunni Triangle killing24 people _ including 19 policemen _ on Tuesday, a dayafter the major Sunni Muslim political party pulled out ofthe campaign for the Jan. 30 elections citing thedeteriorating security situation. Twelve policemen died when gunmen attacked a station 20kilometers (12 miles) south of the city, Saddam Hussein'shometown, said Arkan Mohammed, a local government official. Militants launched four other attacks on various policecheckpoints in Tikrit, killing five Iraqi officers andinjuring three others, said Sgt. Robert Powell, of theTikrit-based U.S. 1st Infantry Division. In Baqouba, a town 57 kilometers (35 miles) northeast ofBaghdad, unidentified gunmen assassinated Captain Na'emMuhanad Abdullah, a local police commander, and woundedthree other men, a spokesman said. In Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad,a gunman attacked a police station in the northeasternHadbaa district, said police Capt. Ahmed Khalil. Onepoliceman died in the attack. In another blow to plans to hold the ballot as scheduled,the largest Sunni political group withdrew from the raceMonday, only hours after a suicide car bomber killed 15people in Baghdad in an attempt to assassinate the head ofIraq's strongest Shiite party.--SPA1354 Local Time 1054 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/228197