Secret Squirrel
08-09-2005, 10:58 AM
A suicide bomber struck near a U.S. convoy in Baghdad and gunmen opened fire on police patrols around the city Tuesday in attacks that killed at least 15 people.
The violence provided an unwelcome backdrop as Iraqi politicians prepared to resume talks on drafting a new constitution that had been postponed by a severe sandstorm.
The suicide bombing occurred Tuesday afternoon when a driver detonated a vehicle packed with explosives near a U.S. convoy in downtown Baghdad, killing at least five Iraqi civilians and wounding 11, police said. No American casualties were reported.
The attack occurred in early afternoon near Tahrir Square in the heart of the city, police Capt. Abdul-Hussein Munasaf said. Five civilian cars, a U.S. Army Humvee and an SUV were damaged. U.S. and Iraqi authorities sealed off the area.
In three separate attacks around 8 a.m., gunmen opened fire on police patrols around the city, killing nine officers. A 10th policeman was killed later Tuesday...
link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080900447.html)
The violence provided an unwelcome backdrop as Iraqi politicians prepared to resume talks on drafting a new constitution that had been postponed by a severe sandstorm.
The suicide bombing occurred Tuesday afternoon when a driver detonated a vehicle packed with explosives near a U.S. convoy in downtown Baghdad, killing at least five Iraqi civilians and wounding 11, police said. No American casualties were reported.
The attack occurred in early afternoon near Tahrir Square in the heart of the city, police Capt. Abdul-Hussein Munasaf said. Five civilian cars, a U.S. Army Humvee and an SUV were damaged. U.S. and Iraqi authorities sealed off the area.
In three separate attacks around 8 a.m., gunmen opened fire on police patrols around the city, killing nine officers. A 10th policeman was killed later Tuesday...
link (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/08/09/AR2005080900447.html)