Car Bomb Kills 10 in Iraq; 8 Iraqi Soldiers Shot

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http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=574&ncid=721&e=2&u=/nm/20050117/wl_nm/iraq_dc

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"Insurgents detonated a suicide car bomb at police headquarters in the Iraqi town of Baiji on Monday, killing at least 10 people, and shot dead eight Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in attacks ahead of Jan. 30 polls.

Witnesses said burned bodies were scattered in the compound in Baiji, an oil refining town in the Sunni heartland north of Baghdad. A police official said at least 20 people were wounded, mostly police.

Near Baquba, another guerrilla stronghold northeast of the capital, gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint and killed eight soldiers, a National Guard officer said.

Iraqi security forces have borne the brunt of insurgent attacks as the polls approach. Election officials have also been repeatedly targeted and threatened, and voting centers -- many in schools -- have been hit by insurgents."

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1. Meanwhile in 'peaceful' Basra....

A worker clears broken glass at a voting station after it was attacked in the southern Iraq (news - web sites) city of Basra, January 17, 2005. Insurgents also detonated a suicide car bomb at police headquarters in the Iraqi town of Baiji on Monday, killing at least 10 people, and shot dead eight Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint ahead of January 30 polls. REUTERS/Thaier Al-Sudani

...no story matches the photo so I guess Basra is in one of the 'peaceful' provinces. :eyes: