Twenty die as suicide bomber hits Iraqi police station

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters


Wed Aug 22, 2007 7:22AM EDT

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a fuel
tanker into a police station in the northern Iraqi oil
city of Baiji on Wednesday, killing at least 20 people
and wounding 40, police said.

Police said the bomber struck the front gates of the
police directorate in Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north
of Baghdad. Dr. Thamir Kawan, the head of Baiji
hospital, said 11 people, police and civilians, had been
killed in the blast.

The police directorate had just moved into a new
headquarters in the past few days, after an identical
attack on their original station in June killed 27 people,
including 13 policemen.


Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL2273462320070822

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Related: FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 22 - Reuters

[BeyondGeography]

1. The surge is working

[acmavm]

2. That's what Hils said. Or so I read here yesterday on DU.

[Tempest]

3. You can't believe everything you read

Regardless of where you read it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2007/08/21/clinton-iraq-tactics-wo_n_61272.html
http://rawstory.com/news/2007/Clinton_camp_on_surge_quote_AP_0821.html