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Car bomb kills 6 in Baghdad
06/05/2004 09:42 - (SA)
Baghdad - A suicide car bomb exploded on Thursday near a checkpoint to the main complex housing US administrative offices in central Baghdad, killing six Iraqi civilians, a US military officer said.
About a dozen people were injured in the blast, the officer said, speaking on customary condition of anonymity. Three of the injured were US soldiers, two of whom were in critical condition.
The car bomb exploded outside of a metre-high concrete blast wall that shields cars driving up to a checkpoint outside of the zone.
Iraqi cars were lined up inside of the blast wall when the car bomb exploded.
"There was a long line of cars. Fortunately, the blast barriers worked in this case," Colonel John Murray said.
The blast incinerated three cars, reducing them to hulks of twisted, charred metal. Another five cars were badly damaged.
The blast was so strong that it hurled the engine of the car carrying the bomb five metres from the site of the blast.
Shattered glass from nearby shops littered the area.
A column of thick black smoke rose from the blast site and drifted across Baghdad
The car that held the bomb burned after the blast and it took several fire-fighters to put out the flames.
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