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Gunmen kill 4 policemen in Iraq, blow up station
09 Sep 2007 09:48:48 GMT
Source: Reuters
BAGHDAD, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Heavily armed gunmen killed four policemen at a police station in northern Iraq on Sunday and then blew up the building, police said.

They said the attack by nearly two dozen gunmen armed with automatic rifles and rocket-propelled grenades took place at a village near the town of Baiji, an oil refining centre 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad. Four policemen were wounded.

After the initial assault, the gunmen planted bombs around the police station and blew it up, police said.

Iraq's police are often outgunned by militants, who regularly attack police stations and checkpoints.
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Sunni Arab tribal leader Abdul Sattar Abu Risha attends a meeting of the Anbar Salvation Conference in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, August 16, 2007. The White House on September 13, 2007 condemned the killing of Abu Risha, who recently met with U.S. President George W. Bush during his visit to Iraq's Anbar province. Abu Risha was the leader of an alliance of Sunni Arab tribes that joined forces with U.S. troops to push al Qaeda from much of the western area hailed by Bush as a success story in Iraq. His death came as the U.S. president was preparing to deliver an evening televised address about his war strategy. Picture taken on August 16, 2007.



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