Reply #80: Car Bomb Attacks Kill 39 Across Baghdad [View All]

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By CHARLES J. HANLEY, AP Special Correspondent

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombers struck the international Red Cross headquarters and four police stations across Baghdad on Monday, killing about 40 people in a spree of destruction that terrorized the Iraqi capital on the first day of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.

The string of bombings, all within less than an hour, was the bloodiest attack yet in the city of 5 million by insurgents targeting the American-led occupation and those perceived as working with it. It also appeared like a dramatic escalation in tactics — in past weeks, bombers have carried out heavy suicide bombings, but in single strikes.

The Red Cross said 12 Iraqis were killed at its office, including two of its own employees. Police said 27 were killed in the police station bombings, most of them Iraqis. The U.S. military said one American soldier was killed in one of the police station attacks.

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