Report: Police Station Bombing In Iraq Kills Six

[bluestateguy]

www.foxnews.com

[Holly]

1. Maybe another

a donkey attack?

[Newsjock]

2. Fox says 6 dead, Al-Jazeera says 5; links to ABC Australia, Reuters

Link to ABC Australia:
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s995109.htm

Twin blasts rock Iraq: witnesses

A massive explosion has been reported outside the main police station in the Iraqi town of Baquba, north of the capital Baghdad.

Witnesses say the blast has left a huge crater in the ground.

A second blast has hit the small town of Khan Bani Saad, between Baquba and Baghdad, police officer Ali Talib said.

Police says there have been casualties, but there are no details at this stage.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=3874891

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suspected suicide car bomb attack on the main police station in the restive Iraqi town of Baquba killed at least people on Saturday, police said.

They said a car packed with explosives detonated at around 8 a.m. (0500 GMT) in the town, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad. The blast was the latest of a series of attacks targeting Iraqi police.

[bluestateguy]

4. If no Americans are killed, the US media will ignore

Just watch

[jenk]

7. the "restive" town of baquba

restive no more

is that in the sunni triangle?

[jayfish]

3. Is Faux Sarting To See The Light?

Look at its web page. Not a lot of good news on Iraq. From the looks of things it took the "harrowing experience" of one their own to start the journey.


Jay

On Edit: So much for operation codpiece :eyes:

[jenk]

5. "America unimpressed by Police Station Bombing"

[Newsjock]

6. More than 30 minutes, and still nothing from AP

Finally, now, the AP has just weighed in, but does not acknowledge any deaths.

off the wire:
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - At least 15 people were injured Saturday when a car bomb exploded near a police station in the town of Baqouba, the U.S. military said.

No members of the U.S.-led coalition were hurt in the attack which occurred during the morning rush hour, a spokeswoman said.

[jenk]

8. the cycle is

1. bomb
2. media blackout
3. create story
4. downplay casualties
5. we're winning, markets bustling!

[Newsjock]

9. Al-Jazeera: 11 dead, 20 wounded in two attacks (link)

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/30F62831-63A4-4BB8-BEB5-3D18BD42522E.htm

At least 11 people have been killed and more than 20 wounded in separate car bomb attacks on police stations north of the Iraqi capital.

An explosion outside a police station in the town of Baquba left at least six people dead and 16 wounded, agencies reported on Saturday.

Minutes earlier, at least five Iraqis were killed and nine wounded in a car bomb attack on a police station in the small town of Khan Bani Saad, north of Baghdad, local police said.

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[kodi]

10. this certainly helps the US recruitment drive for iraqi police officers

those who want to live in peace are getting torn to pieces. soon, i expect to see civil war break out there.

eventually, the "insurgents" will have to start killing more and more iraqi "collaborators," which either will cause the entire nation to side with the insurgents or precipitate a counter-movement by normal iraqis to fight against them; civil war. the nastiest kind of war imaginable.

it is increasingly apparent as the days pass that only the japanese decision to attack pearl harbor rises to the level of arrogance and sheer stupidity the US has shown in attacking iraq.