Large group of Iraqi police attacked

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A large group of policemen transporting police vehicles near Baghdad were hit by a roadside bomb and authorities were still trying to determine casualties, Interior Ministry and police sources said on Friday.

The sources said they feared at least 30 policemen were either dead or missing after Thursday's attack.

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A senior Najaf police official, General Abbas Mohammad, said 88 policemen were sent to Baghdad to bring the vehicles back and that at least six were killed, 10 were wounded and 50 missing after the bombing, which was followed by insurgents opening fire on the convoy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060414/ts_nm/iraq_police_ambush_dc_1;_

[pinniped]

1. No, no, no.

If this keeps happening and the Iraqi police and military keep getting killed, there will be no one left to maintain order and they will never be ready to take control of their country. This means the US will have to stay indefinitely, well, at least until all the oil reserves are pumped dry.

[oblivious]

2. It's so horrible. (Reuters' numbers don't add up.)

Paragraph 2: at least 30 dead or missing.
Paragraph 4: at least six were killed, 10 were wounded and 50 missing

[maddezmom]

3. 2 different sources, 2 totally different accounts of the incident

:shrug: