Iraqi truck bomb kills 10
2005-01-04 11:52
Baghdad - A truck bombing on Tuesday outside a special Iraqi forces command post in western Baghdad killed 10 people, eight of them policemen, and wounded 56, a source at the interior ministry told said.
The source added that the vehicle used in the bombing was a tanker rigged with explosives.
A witness, Abu Maiss, said the vehicle slammed into the gates of the base of the elite commando division and hit a car, before bursting into flames.
The explosion was not far from the fortress-like Green Zone, home to the US embassy and the interim Iraqi government.
The attack was the third car bombing against figures associated with US-led forces or Iraqi security or political figures in Baghdad in the space of two days.
- AFP