Bomb blast at Baghdad police station shows US opponents more confident

[Aidoneus]

Bomb blast at Baghdad police station shows US opponents more confident
By Justin Huggler and Seb Walker in Baghdad
03 September 2003

In an ominous sign of the American occupation's inability to stop the spate of bombings in Iraq, a car bomb went off yesterday in the Iraqi police's headquarters near American soldiers guarding a building next door.

At least 15 people were injured in the bombing, and there were unconfirmed reports that one Iraqi police officer was killed. The car packed with explosives would have to have passed right under heavily sandbagged American positions on the wall of the building next door to enter the police academy and headquarters car park.

The attack, on the headquarters of an Iraqi police force now loyal to the Americans, sent a stark message: the bombers can strike where they like, even at the offices of the very police who are supposed to prevent the bombings, and even under the guns of the Americans.

The bomb exploded close to the office of Baghdad's police chief, Hassan al-Obeidi. The attack may also have been aimed at Bernard Kerik, the former New York police chief who has been put in charge of retraining the Iraqi police.

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