Car Bomb Reported in Iraqi Town of Samarra

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Reuters

Sat January 24, 2004 02:54 AM ET

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. forces are investigating reports that a car bomb exploded outside the police headquarters in the Iraqi town of Samarra, causing several casualties, military sources said Saturday.

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1. Doesn't matter, its unimportant

The deaths of "brown people" don't count in this war. Only the deaths of good white Christian soldiers matter. <sarcasm>

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2. More here

Truck Bomb Explosion Kills Two in Iraq

By VIJAY JOSHI
Associated Press Writer


BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- A truck bomb exploded Saturday as a U.S. patrol was turning into a police station in a restive central city, killing two Iraqis, a day after two U.N. security experts arrived in the capital to study the possible return of international staff.

Separately, a top Shiite Muslim leader declared that a U.S.-backed plan for handing power to Iraqis was "unacceptable," as two American pilots were killed when their helicopter crashed.

The blast, in a Toyota pickup, wounded 40 people including seven American soldiers and damaged a dozen other vehicles in Samarra, Capt. Jennifer Knight of the 720th Military Police Battalion said.

The American military police patrol was turning into a police station to join Iraqi police when the explosion occurred behind it, according to Knight's colleague, Sgt. Maj. Nathan Wilson.
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