WRAP Two suicide car bombs target policemen in Baghdad; plus Baqouba bomb
(5 May 2005) POOL Baghdad - 5 May 2005 1. Various of police car on fire in incident that killed eight policemen 2. Police at the site 3. Bodies on the ground 4. Police car on fire 5. Wide shot smoke and traffic 6. Various police next to damaged car POOL Baghdad - 4 May 2005 7. Various soldiers at car bomb site in nine Iraqi National Guardsmen were killed and 20 wounded 8. Crowds and damaged cars 9. Various US troops and people on street 10. Damaged buildings 11. Mid shot family outside building APTN Baqouba - 4 May 2005 12. US vehicles blocking road where the attack took place 13. US soldiers at scene 14. Various of wreckage of car 15. Iraqi police at scene 16. Wreckage of car with US troops at scene 17. US troops checking crater 18. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Police Lt. Colonel - No Name Given: "A car bomb exploded near one of our patrols in this area. The blast caused no casualties among our personnel as it (the explosion) was far away from them." 19. US soldiers at scene STORYLINE Militants ambushed a convoy of police cars in western Baghdad on Thursday, shooting dead eight policemen and then setting their cars ablaze, police said. Also in Baghdad, a car bomb killed nine Iraqi National Guardsmen and wounded 20 people in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. The attack in the Doura section of the capital came hours after a suicide bomber killed at least 47 people in the Kurdish city of Arbil in the north. The worst attack occurred at 6:45 a.m. (0245 GMT) on Thursday at a gathering point for police patrols in the Al-Amil area of western Baghdad, killing eight policemen, wounding two and destroying two vehicles, said police Major Mousa Abdul Karim. Another suicide car bomb exploded about 15 minutes earlier in the nearby Al-Gazaliya area, killing one policeman, wounding six and destroying four of their cars, said Karim. In Baqouba, 60 kilometres (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a car bomb exploded on Wednesday near an Iraqi police patrol, according to authorities. No casualties were reported among the policemen. The bomb was one of four on Wednesday targeting US and Iraqi troops in Baqouba, according to a US military spokesman. Militants have been stepping up bombings and other attacks since a new Iraqi government was formed last week, killing about 200 people. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: / ap_archive Facebook: / aparchives Instagram: / apnews You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...
