At Least 17 Die in Attack on a Police Station Near Baghdad

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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/15/international/middleeast/15ATTA.html?ex=1072069200&en=89b27946286eadf2&ei=5062&partner=GOOGLE

Just 12 hours after Saddam Hussein was captured, a car bomb exploded Sunday outside the police station in this town 60 miles west of Baghdad, and military officials said at least 17 people had been killed and 33 wounded. It was the deadliest attack on American-led forces since two police stations near Baghdad were hit with car bombs three weeks ago.

What will happen to the guerrilla fighters staging such attacks, and whether the attacks will continue at the current rate and scale, are some of the questions raised by Mr. Hussein's capture.

Although some of the anti-American fighters could now be demoralized, experts on insurgency and terrorism said many would probably carry on the attacks, especially since the fighters seem to be organized in cells rather than under a central authority. In the short term, there is a good chance that the guerrillas will stage a wave of retaliatory attacks, the experts say.

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I guess the "We Got, Saddam" Honeymoon is over.

BRING 'EM ON!

[greatauntoftriplets]

1. Didn't expect it to last.

Why did the gummint think we might think things would be different????

[Randi_Listener]

2. You didn't think.

...the insurgency would go away, did you?

This is the tip of the iceberg. Look for the attacks to become more deadly and more Americans to die in the streets.

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3. Dupe

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=269045