Posted on 12/01/2008 4:24:35 PM PST by SandRat
BAGHDAD – 12 Iraqi policemen were killed and 35 IPs and civilians were wounded when two improvised explosive device detonated at approximately 1 p.m. Dec. 1 in eastern Baghdad.
The first IED blast occurred outside the Baghdad IP Academy in Rusafa and the second blast, a car bomb, exploded 150 meters north of the entrance and was specifically targeting first responders. The attacks occurred within a minute of each other.
Iraqi Security Forces and Soldiers from the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain Division, Multi-National Division – Baghdad, responded to the attack to help secure the site.
The injured were taken to the Al Kindi Hospital. An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team arrived on scene shortly after to determine the nature of the explosion.
“We assess al-Qaeda in Iraq to be responsible for this attack on the Iraqi Police and innocent civilians,” said Lt. Col. Steve Stover, spokesman, MND-B and 4th Inf. Div. “Along with the Iraqi Security Forces, we will not falter in our support to the Government of Iraq with a single-minded purpose of protecting the Iraqi people by hunting down those responsible and bringing them to justice.”
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