|
Iraq insurgents bomb attacks killing 22
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-11-07 15:17 Iraq insurgents launched
deadly attacks Sunday against police stations in western Anbar province for the
second day in a row, killing at least 22 people, police and hospital officials
said.
A US Marine of the 1st Division
writes his zap number on his bullet proofed vest as he gets ready at his
base outside Fallujah, Iraq, Saturday, Nov. 6 , 2004.
The zap number gives information about the Marines blood group, name, rank
and social security number in case he gets injured or killed. More than
10,000 U.S. troops have taken positions around the rebel-controlled city
of Fallujah, bolstering the U.S. Marine units expected to lead a joint
Army-Marine assault on the city. [AP] | At
dawn, armed militants clashed with police and then set off explosions at police
stations in the neighboring towns of Haditha and Haqlaniyah, 220 kilometers (137
miles) northwest of Baghdad, said Capt. Nasser Abdullah of the K3 police station
in Haqlaniyah.
At least six policemen were killed at the Haqlaniyah police station, he said.
Also killed was the manager of security police for the western Anbar sector,
Shahir al-Ghureifi.
A third police station, the K3 station, also came under attack as rebels
clashed with Iraqi forces, he said. Guards at the Haditha Dam were also
attacked, he said.
Dr. Bassem Zaayan at Haditha Hospital said a total of at least 22 people were
killed in the attacks.
On Saturday, insurgents launched deadly coordinated attacks in Samarra,
located 140 kilometers (87 miles) east of Haditha, leaving 29 people dead and
another 40 wounded.
Insurgents stormed a police station, triggered at least two suicide car bombs
and fired mortars at government installations. One of the car bombs, targeting
the mayor's office, used a stolen Iraqi police vehicle, the US military said.
Twenty-nine people, including 17 police and 12 Iraqi civilians, were killed
throughout the city, the US military said. Arabic language television stations
said more than 30 died as gangs of insurgents roamed the city, clashing with
American and Iraqi forces.
The dead included the local Iraqi National Guard commander, Abdel Razeq
Shaker al-Garmali, hospital officials said. Forty other people, including 17
policemen, were injured, the military said.
The city of Samarra, located 100 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, has
been touted by US and Iraqi commanders as a model for pacifying restive Sunni
Muslim areas of the country.
| |
 |
|
|
|
|
Today's
Top News |
|
|
|
Top World
News |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
