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| At Least 10 Dead From Iraq Car Bomb Outside Military Academy |
| 2004-09-04 |
| At least 10 people are dead after a suicide attacker detonated a car bomb outside a police academy in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk. The blast went off as hundreds of trainees and civilians were leaving the academy for the day. A hospital official in Kirkuk put the death toll at 10, but an Iraqi national guard general says dozens have been killed. Ambulances raced to the scene, where seven cars were on fire. Rescue personnel ferried the wounded away on stretchers. Also in northern Iraq, U.S and Iraqi forces clashed with insurgents in northern Iraq after launching an operation to destroy an alleged militant cell. Hospital officials say at least eight people were killed and 50 injured. The U.S. military says American soldiers killed two insurgents and captured another, while three Iraqi national guardsmen were injured in the fighting. In Baghdad, meanwhile, several mortar rounds landed near a checkpoint in the Iraqi capital Saturday close to the heavily fortified Green Zone. It's not known if they hit anyone. To the south, saboteurs blew up an oil pipeline in southern Iraq, the latest attack targeting the country's crucial oil industry in a bid to undermine the interim government and reconstruction efforts. A South Oil Company official who didn't want to be identified says technicians were forced to close the pipeline 19 miles north of Basra. Meanwhile, a militant group has reportedly claimed responsibility for the assassination attempt Wednesday on former Iraqi National Congress leader Ahmad Chalabi. He wasn't hurt. |
| Posted by:Mrs. Davis |