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Suicide Car Bombings in Iraq Kill 16

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.

Eyewitnesses said a U.S. Humvee vehicle was damaged in the blast, but "there were no U.S. casualties in both incidents," said Spc. Brian Bucy, a spokesman for Task Force Lightning, the U.S. military command covering the Beiji area.

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