Posted on 06/23/2004 11:12:06 PM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -
Insurgents launched simultaneous attacks on police stations in a western Iraqi city Thursday, killing seven people and wounding 13, police and hospital officials said.
The gunmen used rocket-propelled grenades and other weapons to attack the stations in Ramadi, an insurgent stronghold 60 miles west of Baghdad, police said.
"We were inside the al-Qataneh police station and suddenly a very heavy explosion happened," said 1st Lt. Ahmed Sami.
Another group attacked the Farook police station, also with rocket propelled grenades. In a third assault, insurgents attacked a Ramadi government building, destroying several police cars.
Dr. Hammad al-Duleimi of Ramadi's hospital said seven were killed and 13 were wounded.
Authorities have warned that attacks on security forces would increase in the days leading to the June 30 handover of power to the transitional Iraqi government.
(UPDATES with details. corrects number of dead to 7 to 17.)
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They aren't insurgents. They are stinking terrorists. It's nauseating that the MSM refuses to call them "terrorists".
I guess I should be grateful they weren't called "freedom fighters".
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