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| Bombs hit Baghdad police station | Bombs hit Baghdad police station |
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| Two car bombs have exploded at a police station in the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, killing at least 12 people and wounding about 82 others, police say. | |
| The attack took place in the southern, mainly Shia neighbourhood of Bayaa. | |
| The first bomber sped through a checkpoint before exploding his car in front of the station, the other detonated his car at the checkpoint. | The first bomber sped through a checkpoint before exploding his car in front of the station, the other detonated his car at the checkpoint. |
| Bomb attacks continue in Baghdad despite a security crackdown involving large numbers of US and Iraqi troops. | Bomb attacks continue in Baghdad despite a security crackdown involving large numbers of US and Iraqi troops. |
| Last Wednesday, a series of bombings in the capital killed more than 200 people in the worst day of violence since the US-led security operation began in mid-February. | Last Wednesday, a series of bombings in the capital killed more than 200 people in the worst day of violence since the US-led security operation began in mid-February. |
| Rubble | Rubble |
| Police said the force of the blasts on Sunday had set several police vehicles ablaze and damaged the police station. | Police said the force of the blasts on Sunday had set several police vehicles ablaze and damaged the police station. |
| Civilians and police officers were among the dozens wounded by the bombs which also damaged nearby homes. | Civilians and police officers were among the dozens wounded by the bombs which also damaged nearby homes. |
| Rescue workers said they expected the toll to rise as they searched through the rubble of the two-storey building. | Rescue workers said they expected the toll to rise as they searched through the rubble of the two-storey building. |
| Police stations are often targeted by insurgents who say officers are betraying the country by working alongside government and US-led forces. | |
| In a separate incident, a mortar was reported to have hit a residential area of Baghdad, wounding at least two people. | |
| The US President George W Bush has pledged some 30,000 extra troops to Baghdad, the focus of violence between Sunni and Shia communities. | The US President George W Bush has pledged some 30,000 extra troops to Baghdad, the focus of violence between Sunni and Shia communities. |