Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq Kill 16 (Beiji & Siniyah)

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Source: Associated Press

Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq Kill 16
Monday, June 25, 2007 4:13 AM EDT
The Associated Press
By BUSHRA JUHI Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD (AP) — A surge of suicide car bombings south and north of Baghdad on Monday morning killed at least 16 people and wounded more than 40 others, authorities said. Two of three attacks were aimed at U.S. military targets, but no American casualties were reported.

A suicide truck bomber struck a police station in Beiji, 155 miles north of Baghdad, at 8:30 a.m., killing at least six civilians and wounding 12 others, a police captain reported, speaking on condition of anonymity. American troops share the post with the local police, on the main road in central Beiji.

About 45 minutes later, another suicide car bomb exploded at a joint U.S.-Iraqi army checkpoint in central Siniyah, nine miles west of Beiji, killing two Iraqi soldiers and wounding three others, an Iraqi army officer reported.

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Earlier in the morning, a suicide car bomber struck a checkpoint near the governor's offices in the predominantly Shiite southern city of Hillah, killing at least eight people and wounding 31, police said.


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