Suicide bomber kills 12 at Iraq police station (Ramadi)

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber has blown up his vehicle outside a police station west of the Iraqi insurgent stronghold of Ramadi, killing at least 12 people and wounding 10, hospital officials say.

Nazar al-Hiti, a local doctor, said 90 percent of the casualties were policemen, who had been queuing up to receive their salaries on Monday when the bomber struck.

Insurgents have repeatedly targeted Iraq's fledgling security forces, and dozens of police stations have been attacked by suicide bombs over the past year.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackageArticle.jhtml?type=worldNews&storyID=629393§ion=news

[maddezmom]

1. US Brig Gen says elections can't be held in Mosul under present conditions

Brig Gen Carter Hamm said that elections could not be held in all parts of Mosul under present conditions.

In Falluja, the Iraqi Red Crescent has established its first relief centre three weeks after US forces launched an attack to wrest the city from insurgent control.

The city remains under siege with doctors and nurses unable to move around freely to treat the wounded, an international Red Cross spokeswoman said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/4051391.stm

[jamesinca]

2. They will have their elections

And after they have them, Bush will declare that they are democratic and the nation is stable. He has repeatedly stated that the elections will be the standard of self governance and democracy. He has stated repeatedly that U.S. troops will be deployed until the country is stable and democracy is in place. Since he is not capable of making mistakes in his own mind, or at least not admitting to them in public he will allow the elections to go on Jan 30 like he said they would. He will either A: stay in the country and go against his own word, or B: pull out and let the country fail. Pulling out would allow him to use the troops in Korea, Iran or Venezuela to help him practice his love of democracy with these unstable nations.

What ever the case, the little bastard worries me.

[maddezmom]

3. Car Bomb Kills 7 Iraqi Security Forces - different incident??

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb exploded Monday at a police checkpoint in western Iraq (news - web sites), killing seven government security force members and injuring nine in the latest strike against the country's fledgling police and National Guard troops, Iraqi officials said.


Also Monday, two American soldiers were killed and three wounded in a roadside bomb explosion in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. command said. The victims were members of the U.S. Army's Task Force Baghdad, which is in charge of security in the capital.


Separately, one U.S. soldier died and two were injured in a vehicle accident 30 miles northwest of the town of Kut in eastern Iraq, the military said.

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=540&ncid=736&e=1&u=/ap/20041129/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[maddezmom]

4. kick

Most of Mosul's police deserted during the rebel offensive in the city this month, and officials are concerned that repeated attacks on police and Iraqi security forces across the country will further undermine security ahead of the elections.

"Without the numbers of Iraqi police that we would like to have, it significantly increases the level of difficulty of establishing the environment that we need for elections," Brigadier General Carter Ham, commander of U.S. troops in Mosul, told BBC radio.

But Allawi says there is no guarantee any delay would mean greater participation, although he has not completely ruled out a postponement. Deputy Prime Minister Barham Salih told reporters in London Monday he was working on the premise elections would go ahead on time.