A car bomb has ripped through Baghdad's main police station, killing one policeman. At least two other policemen were seriously wounded and 19 others lightly injured. No occupation troops were killed. Witnesses said a huge blast tore through the Rasafa police station shortly after 11:00 on Tuesday, starting a large fire and sending clouds of black smoke spiralling into the sky. The person who carried out the attack may have been wearing an Iraqi police uniform. The attack occurred in a parking lot for stolen vehicles next to the capital's top police academy and across the street from the police headquarters and the Ministry of Interior. The explosion damaged the office of the US-appointed Baghdad police chief, Hassan Ali, who was not in the complex at the time of the attack. Police Brigadier Said Munaim said Ali was probably the target of the blast.
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