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| 12 Iraqis Killed in Car Bombings at Police Stations | |
| 2003-11-23 | |
| Followup to yesterday's article... Attackers struck two police stations with back-to-back car bombings Saturday, killing themselves and at least 12 other Iraqis. The suicide bombers struck two police stations northeast of Baghdad within 30 minutes. In the market town of Khan Bani Saad, a Chevrolet Caprice sped through a guard’s gunfire Saturday morning and exploded at the station gate, police said. Well okay, a Caprice is a tough car to stop. Particularly the taxi cab version. Capt. Ryan McCormick of the 4th Infantry Division said 10 people were killed: six policemen, three civilians and the driver. Iraqi police said one of the dead was a 5-year-old girl. Another 10 people were wounded, McCormick said. This despite the condemnation of Human Rights Watch. Wonder if any of the London demonstrators will take notice? Iraqi police Sgt. Aqil Suheil, who was wounded in the legs in the attack, said he was washing his car when he saw the bomber speed into the station. ``I heard a loud explosion. I found myself under the car,’’ he said. ``I got out quickly and ran toward the street and then lost consciousness.’’
But Ted Rall thinks that these "freedom fighters" are fighting on behalf of ordinary Iraqis. And we all know Ted Rall couldn’t be wrong! | |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #5 OP, sounds like an industrial strength cattle slaughter house. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-23 7:33:33 PM |
| #4 I have a suggestion for the folks in Iraq, especially the police: 1. Build a single line of approach to the police station (one vehicle wide), cordoned off by those big concrete barricades we find all over everywhere in the US. 2. Make sure there are a pair of those barricades at the very entrance, making the vehicle have to turn into a "U" to enter. 3. Park a 105 howitzer in the junction between the two barricades, fully primed and ready to fire, with an inert round. 4. The next time a car comes screaming toward the gate, fire the round. No explosion will be necessary (make sure the area in front of the howitzer is clear for at least ten or twelve blocks). 5. Use as needed (once would be enough for sane folks. Can't say how many would be needed for Islamofascists). |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-11-23 6:42:27 PM |
| #3 Concussion? Or a war story? Usually, when you're out — he found himself under the car — you don't get up and run, then keel over again. Or concussion followed by hypovolemia? That'd explain it, I guess... Storytelling is quite an art throughout the ME, but there is always some truth in the story. I think that is part of why Jessica Lynch wasn't very grateful to the Iraqi lawyer who tipped off the US military to her where-abouts. She didn't recognize the reality under his embellishments. It's a cultural disconnect. In reality he did save her just not in the Sinbad like manner of his story. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2003-11-23 11:06:44 AM |
| #2 big? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2003-11-23 8:56:25 AM |
| #1 December 10 - anti-terrorist march in Iraq. Hope for a bit turnout. |
| Posted by: Anonymous2U 2003-11-23 3:11:20 AM |