Baghdad, Iraq ? At least 10 people were killed Tuesday in a suicide car bombing in the capital as resurgent violence and sectarian tensions raised the stakes for lawmakers struggling to finalize a government 11 weeks after landmark elections.

Tuesday’s attack, like many previous ones, targeted a recruiting center for the Iraqi army whose growing forces are destined to replace U.S. troops one day, according to the Bush administration blueprint. Iraqi forces have borne the brunt of attacks from insurgents who denounce them as collaborators.

Five Iraqi soldiers and five recruits were killed Tuesday, said Iraqi army Sgt. Ali Khadem, who spoke at the chaotic and bloody scene in the capital’s northwest Adhamiya neighborhood. At least 29 were injured.

Also Tuesday, news agencies reported, insurgents opened fire on Iraqi soldiers in the town of Khaldiya, 75 miles west of Baghdad, killing at least four people and wounding seven. And in the capital, officials said, masked men shot and killed a professor, Fuad Ibrahim Mohammed Bayati as he left home for the University of Baghdad, the latest in a series of assassinations of academics and professionals in an apparent attempt to foment instability.

The stream of attacks targeting recruiting centers has prompted authorities to change the times and venues of recruiting sessions. But guerrillas with ample arms and operational intelligence have continued to find their targets.

Despite the continued targeting of recruits, aspiring army men have continued to show up in droves. Many are poor Shiite Muslims determined to demonstrate support for a new government likely to be run by the long-repressed Shiite majority. Rival Sunni Arabs, who lost their long-dominant position with the U.S-led invasion two years ago, form the backbone of the insurgency.

“I am not joining the army for the money,” said Edward Hussam, 25, a recruit who survived Tuesday’s bombing. “I am doing it to fight terrorism. These infidels are committing crimes against humanity, and someone must stop them.”