Gunmen Raid Police Station Near Baghdad (and blow it up)

[Barrett808]

Gunmen Raid Police Station Near Baghdad
By MARIAM FAM, Associated Press Writer

YUSUFIYAH, Iraq - Gunmen stormed a police station south of Baghdad on Friday, drove off the poorly armed police and blasted the station in the fourth such attack against Iraqi security installations over the last week, officials and witnesses said.

A prominent Sunni Muslim cleric, meanwhile, expressed disappointment Friday with the recent U.N. resolution endorsing the transfer of power to the Iraqis and called for a complete end to the American presence here.

Police in this Euphrates river town 20 kilometers (12 miles) south of Baghdad called for help from American forces when they came under attack. But the Americans didn't reach the town until about five hours after the attack, according to police Lt. Satpar Abdul-Reda.

Abdul-Reda said the attackers arrived in seven cars, surrounded the station and opened fire with small arms and rocket-propelled grenades. The 10 policemen inside were armed only with Kalashnikov rifles and pistols and fled the station after realizing they were outgunned, Abdul-Reda said.

The gunmen entered the building, rigged it with explosives and blew it up, the lieutenant said.

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[Miss Authoritiva]

1. Does this surprise anybody except the neocons?

"Al-Faidhi said the U.S. presence in Iraq 'is completely rejected by all Iraqis' and that the Iraqi people 'will not accept an American embassy or military bases.'"

[ZR2]

2. Al-Faidhi sounds like he his too full of himself

I doubt he speaks for ALL Iraqis.

[Calico Jack Rackham]

3. Guess these boys

missed the memo on being militarily deafeated and disbanded:eyes:

[Auntie Bush]

4. And Rummy still won't admit that he came in with too few forces.