Gunmen Attack Two Police Stations North of Baghdad BAQUBA (Reuters) - Gunmen attacked two police stations on Friday around Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, where the anti-American insurgency has been strong, witnesses said.
Fighting was still going on at the Mafraq police post on the outskirts of the religiously mixed town city. Another station south of the town was attacked earlier in the morning.
The gunmen used rocket-propelled grenades and mortars to hit the stations, witnesses said. There were no immediate reports of casualties.
Witnesses said U.S. troops were also seen fighting near the Mafraq post.
U.S. and Iraqi troops frequently come under attack in Baquba, an agricultural center between Baghdad and the Iranian border.
U.S. forces arrested scores of people in the province earlier this month whom the military said had ties with the insurgency.
A man covers his face as he stands near a burning car in Mosul. Local witnesses said gunmen attacked the car killing its occupants. Rumsfeld accused the press of reporting mainly bad news most of the time from Iraq(AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld eats breakfast with soldiers during a visit to a military base in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Blair Larson
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) speaks to soldiers with Brig. Gen. Carter Ham (C), commander of Task Force Olympia and Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, commander of the multi-national forces in Iraq, at a military base in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Autumn Grimsley
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld (R) speaks to soldiers with Brig. Gen. Carter Ham (C), commander of Task Force Olympia and Lt. Gen. Thomas Metz, commander of the multi-national forces in Iraq, at a military base in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Blair Larson
U.S. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld presents a purple heart medal to a soldier who was wounded on Tuesday in an attack on a U.S. military installation in Mosul, December 24, 2004. Rumsfeld paid a surprise Christmas visit on Friday to troops in Mosul, scene of the deadliest attack on Americans since last year's war to oust Saddam Hussein. FOR EDITORIAL USE ONLY REUTERS/HO/US Army/Spc. Blair Larson