23 killed by car bomb.A CAR bomb exploded yesterday near an Iraqi checkpoint killing at least 23 civilians and wounding 25, the US military said yesterday A suicide car bomber targeted US-allied fighters and Iraqi forces at the road block in Yathrib, 50 miles north of Baghdad. Police and members of an anti-al-Qaeda group opened fire as the attacker sped towards them but he managed to detonate det·o·nate intr. & tr.v. det·o·nat·ed, det·o·nat·ing, det·o·nates To explode or cause to explode. [Latin d his device about 20 yards away. Meanwhile, Iraqi police The creation of this unit was guided by the Coalition Provisional Authority however the command of the Police belongs to the new Government of Iraq. Overview The Iraqi Police Forces are part of the Iraqi Ministry of the Interior (MOI) which in conjunction with the Civilian said four civilians were killed yesterday when a oil tanker exploded near an Iraqi army checkpoint south of Mosul. Soldiers had opened fire on the tanker which set off the explosives near some shops. |
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