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Bomb, shootings kill dozens in Iraq
Twenty-five people have been killed in a series of attacks in Baghdad, including 15 in a bomb blast, an Interior Ministry official says.
A bomber detonated his explosives at around 8am (0400 GMT) outside an army recruiting post in al-Muthana, a former airfield in the centre of Baghdad, killing 15 people, the official said.
Nine police officers were shot to death in their squad cars in two attacks.
Armed men opened fire on two police cars, killing six police officers, in the south of the capital at about 6am (0200 GMT). The attackers then burned the cars.
An Iraqi journalist, Muhammad Abd Allah, told Aljazeera that the attack targeted two patrols of Iraqi police in the al-Saydiya district south of Baghdad.
In another attack, armed men opened fire on two police cars in eastern Baghdad, killing three police officers. Three others managed to flee.
Guard killed
Abd Allah said fighters threw a bomb into the second vehicle but the police prevented the bomb from detonating.
In addition, a guard was killed in a car bomb attack on the home of a deputy interior minister in the capital, Abd Allah said.
Major-General Hikmat Musa Salman was not hurt in the attack as he was not at his home when the car bomb exploded in the al-Kafaat neighbourhood west of Baghdad.
On Thursday Wafiq al-Samarrai, security adviser to the Iraqi president, spoke to Aljazeera from Baghdad on the upsurge in violence. "This is not surprising - what is happening was expected. The current conditions are a passing phenomenon," he said.
The new Iraqi government and the new president are supporting and monitoring the various institutions and taking follow-up action, al-Samarrai said.
The new interior minister is fearlessly and aggressively carrying out his duties, he said, and the Iraqi army, police and other security organisations are steadily improving in terms of numbers and equipment.
Mixed picture
"All of the perpetrators of last week's terrorist and suicide attacks failed to reach their targets," al-Samarrai said.
"None of the suicide bombers could penetrate the security barricades, checkpoints and offices, and so were forced to carry out attacks in a haphazard manner, picking on random targets like security patrols."
Al-Samarrai said the frequency of attacks had actually decreased if one considered the overall picture, but admitted that there had been a surge in violence of late.
"The Iraqi Al-Sabah newspaper has reported that differences of opinion have cropped up between Baathists and Saddamists. So this is a potential turning point."
Al-Samarrai added that he had information that many armed groups in Anbar province and Falluja town had contacted foreign and Iraqi forces with a view to joining the political process.
These are positive developments, he said. "We should not take a narrow or dim view of the situation."
Aljazeera + Agencies
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8F85CA1F-67EB-40DA-9EE9-5DDE02D7E677.htm
Nine police officers were shot to death in their squad cars in two attacks.
Armed men opened fire on two police cars, killing six police officers, in the south of the capital at about 6am (0200 GMT). The attackers then burned the cars.
An Iraqi journalist, Muhammad Abd Allah, told Aljazeera that the attack targeted two patrols of Iraqi police in the al-Saydiya district south of Baghdad.
In another attack, armed men opened fire on two police cars in eastern Baghdad, killing three police officers. Three others managed to flee.
Guard killed
Abd Allah said fighters threw a bomb into the second vehicle but the police prevented the bomb from detonating.
In addition, a guard was killed in a car bomb attack on the home of a deputy interior minister in the capital, Abd Allah said.
Major-General Hikmat Musa Salman was not hurt in the attack as he was not at his home when the car bomb exploded in the al-Kafaat neighbourhood west of Baghdad.
On Thursday Wafiq al-Samarrai, security adviser to the Iraqi president, spoke to Aljazeera from Baghdad on the upsurge in violence. "This is not surprising - what is happening was expected. The current conditions are a passing phenomenon," he said.
The new Iraqi government and the new president are supporting and monitoring the various institutions and taking follow-up action, al-Samarrai said.
The new interior minister is fearlessly and aggressively carrying out his duties, he said, and the Iraqi army, police and other security organisations are steadily improving in terms of numbers and equipment.
Mixed picture
"All of the perpetrators of last week's terrorist and suicide attacks failed to reach their targets," al-Samarrai said.
"None of the suicide bombers could penetrate the security barricades, checkpoints and offices, and so were forced to carry out attacks in a haphazard manner, picking on random targets like security patrols."
Al-Samarrai said the frequency of attacks had actually decreased if one considered the overall picture, but admitted that there had been a surge in violence of late.
"The Iraqi Al-Sabah newspaper has reported that differences of opinion have cropped up between Baathists and Saddamists. So this is a potential turning point."
Al-Samarrai added that he had information that many armed groups in Anbar province and Falluja town had contacted foreign and Iraqi forces with a view to joining the political process.
These are positive developments, he said. "We should not take a narrow or dim view of the situation."
Aljazeera + Agencies
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8F85CA1F-67EB-40DA-9EE9-5DDE02D7E677.htm
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One of Thursday's assault was carried out by a man who slipped into an army recruitment center with explosives. The attack in central Baghdad, killed at least 11 people, police said. The explosion occurred at about 8 a.m., a police officer said. He said at least six people were injured in the blast. The center is located near Baghdad's main train station.
Two suicide car bombs targeting police patrols went off in neighborhoods of western Baghdad on Thursday, killing a total of nine policemen, an official said. Car blast in Iraq
The worst attack reported at6 : 45a.m. at a gathering point for police patrols in Al-Amil area of western Baghdad, killing eight policemen, injuring two and destroying two vehicles, said police Maj. Mousa Abdul Karim.
According to The AAP, the other suicide car bomb exploded about 15 minutes earlier in the nearby Al-Gazaliya area, killing one policeman, wounding six and destroying four of their cars, said Karim.
Late on Wednesday, a suicide car bomber attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint in Baghdad. There were conflicting reoprts of the casualties. Police said nine soldiers were killed and six wounded, along with 10 civilians. The U.S. military said 15 soldiers were killed.
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