Suicide bombers kill 12 in Baghdad

BAGHDAD – Two suicide car bombers rammed their vehicles into a Baghdad police station yesterday, killing 12 people in one of the worst attacks aimed at Iraq’s security forces since a security crackdown was launched in the city.

The bombings in the mostly Shi’ite al-Bayaa neighbourhood in southwestern Baghdad wounded 95, police said. Most of the dead were civilians, police said, reversing earlier statements that mainly police had been killed.The blasts damaged the police station and also largely destroyed a garage next door, collapsing rubble onto a dozen cars.”Look at the situation Iraqis are living in.You see blasts whenever you try to go out to earn a living,” said one witness.US and Iraqi forces have poured thousands of extra troops into Baghdad over the past two months in an attempt to halt Iraq’s slide into all-out civil war between majority Shi’ites and minority Sunni Arabs who were dominant under Saddam Hussein.Nampa-ReutersMost of the dead were civilians, police said, reversing earlier statements that mainly police had been killed.The blasts damaged the police station and also largely destroyed a garage next door, collapsing rubble onto a dozen cars.”Look at the situation Iraqis are living in.You see blasts whenever you try to go out to earn a living,” said one witness.US and Iraqi forces have poured thousands of extra troops into Baghdad over the past two months in an attempt to halt Iraq’s slide into all-out civil war between majority Shi’ites and minority Sunni Arabs who were dominant under Saddam Hussein.Nampa-Reuters