Maliki: "Dozens" of Iraqi security forces involved in Baghdad bombings last week

There is widespread suspicion in Iraq that the police and armed forces have been infiltrated by militants, take bribes to allow insurgents to mount attacks, or may be colluding with militants to undermine Maliki before a March 7 general election…

Maliki vowed he would not let ongoing insurgent attacks influence the polls. He said there were at least 45 members of the security forces involved in the December 8 attack.

“The network was a large one, 24 from one arm of the Iraqi security forces, 13 from another, and eight or nine from another,” Maliki told a news conference without saying which branch of the security forces those involved came from.