IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMBERS ATTACK POLICE STATIONS IN BAQUBA AND BANI SAAD, KILLING AT LEAST FIFTEEN PEOPLE. / MISSILE HITS CIVILIAN PLANE BUT IT LANDS SAFELY AT BAGHDAD AIRPORT.

Record ID: 355459

  • Title: IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMBERS ATTACK POLICE STATIONS IN BAQUBA AND BANI SAAD, KILLING AT LEAST FIFTEEN PEOPLE. / MISSILE HITS CIVILIAN PLANE BUT IT LANDS SAFELY AT BAGHDAD AIRPORT.
  • Date: 22nd November 2003
  • Summary: (U3) KHAN BANI SAAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS: BOMB SCENE. 0.05 2. MV: SIGN FOR THE POLICE STATION. 0.11 3. VARIOUS: PEOPLE GATHERED, DAMAGED CARS. (3 SHOTS) 0.26 4. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (English) CAPTAIN RYAN MCCORMACK SAYING: "Basically what happened today was at 7.30 this morning, on vehicle borne improvised explosive device was detonated at the police station at Khan Bani Saad. What happened was the vehicle tried to enter through the compound, the police reacted, fired upon the vehicle at which point the vehicle detonated. Total casualties right now are ten wounded police, six killed and three civilians were killed as well standing outside the police station." 1.02 (U3) BAQUBA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 5. LV: SMOKE RISING FROM BOMB SITE. 1.07 6. VARIOUS: PEOPLE GATHERED OUTSIDE AT HOSPITAL (PLEASE NOTE: INJURED FROM BOTH BLASTS TAKEN TO HOSPITAL IN BAQUBA) 1.10 7. TRACK: POLICEMAN ON A STRETCHER. 1.17 8. VARIOUS: AN AMBULANCE, DOORS OPEN WITH INJURED MAN INSIDE. (2 SHOTS) 1.33 9. TRACK: A POLICEMAN COVERING HIS DAMAGED EYE LEAVES THE HOSPITAL. 1.38 10. VARIOUS: PEOPLE AT THE DOOR OF THE HOSPITAL AND IN THE CORRIDOR CRYING. 1.45 11. WOUNDED MAN LYING ON THE FLOOR OF THE HOSPITAL, LEG COVERED IN BLOOD AND BEING EXAMINED BY A DOCTOR. 1.52 12. CU: MAN ON A BED WITH ARM MISSING BEING ATTENDED TO. 2.00 13. DOCTORS STITCHING A WOUNDED MAN'S FACE 14. SCU/WOUNDED MAN ON TROLLEY BEING ATTENDED TO / PAN TO WOUNDED MAN SITTING ON BED WITH HIS HEAD AND HANDS BANDAGED 2.11 (W4) BAQUBA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 15. WS/MLV: THE DAMAGED POLICE HEADQUARTERS WITH DESTROYED CAR OUTSIDE. (2 SHOTS) 2.19 16. MV: CAR HIT BY BLAST. 2.24 17. MLV: PEOPLE STANDING ON DAMAGED POLICE STATION FLOOR. 2.30 18. GV: RUBBLE. 2.37 19. CU: BLOOD ON THE GROUND. 2.42 20. CU: MORE OF RUBBLE SPATTED WITH BLOOD. 22.45 (U3) BAQUBA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 21. SCU: (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) POLICE OFFICER SAMI HUSSEIN SAYING: "A civilian landcruiser drove up, driven by a civilian, and the security guards tried to stop him but he ignored their signals and the car reached the front door of the headquarters and a suicide bombing occurred. The car exploded and bombed neighbouring cars. One police officer, Hassan, was killed and four other workers were also killed. Until now 15 people have been injured." 3.17 (W4) BAQUBA, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 22. WS: U.S. MILITARY AT THE BOMB SITE OF THE POLICE STATION. 3.26 23. VARIOUS: U.S. SOLDIERS EXAMIN BOMB CRATER. (5 SHOTS) 3.46 (W4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (NOVEMBER 22, 2003) (REUTERS - ACCESS ALL) 24. VARIOUS/WS: OF BAGHDAD AIRPORT. (5 SHOTS) 4.29 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 7th December 2003 12:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD/BAQUBA/KHAN BANI SAAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACAIZOJ9WJDG5UES3YSAIQRMWE
  • Story Text: Suicide car bombers attacked two police stations in
    Iraq killing at least 15.



    Suicide car bombers attacked two police stations
    north of Baghdad on Saturday (November 22), killing at
    least 15 people, while Baghdad airport officials said a
    missile hit a civilian plane which landed safely.

    The bombings were the latest strikes on Iraq's
    U.S.-backed police force, but the missile attack was the
    first reported hit on a fixed-wing plane. The officials
    said there were no casualties on the plane owned by global
    cargo company DHL.

    In the suicide bombings, one car sped towards a police
    station in the town of Khan Bani Saad, detonating as Iraqi
    police opened fire on it, U.S. soldiers at the scene said.

    Captain Ryan McCormack said six police and three civilians
    were killed, along with the bomber.

    "Basically what happened today was at 7.30 this
    morning, on vehicle borne improvised explosive device
    detonated at the police station at Khan Bani Saad. What
    happened was the vehicle tried to enter through the
    compound, the police reacted, fired upon the vehicle at
    which point the vehicle detonated," McCormack told Reuters.

    Witnesses said severed limbs were scattered in the
    debris after the blast. U.S. soldiers and tanks sealed off
    the area.

    Another suicide bomber targeted the main police
    headquarters in the nearby town of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles)
    north of Baghdad. Police said at least six people were
    killed and 16 wounded.

    The injured from both blasts were taken to a hospital
    in Baquba. The hospital was filled with seriously wounded
    Iraqis, and blood was pooled on the floor. Trucks brought
    in several mutilated bodies.

    "A civilian landcruiser drove up, driven by a civilian,
    and the security guards tried to stop him but he ignored
    their signals and the car reached the front door of the
    headquarters and a suicide bombing occurred," Police
    Officer Sami Hussein said.

    A huge crater was blown into the road outside the
    police headquarters.

    Suicide attackers have struck several times at Iraqi
    police. On October 27, coordinated car bomb attacks on
    three Baghdad police stations and the International
    Committee of the Red Cross killed at least 35 people.

    Earlier that month, two suicide bombers killed eight Iraqis
    at another Baghdad police station.

    At Baghdad international airport, the officials said
    initial reports were of a missile strike on the civilian
    plane, but a DHL official did not confirm this.

    The company official said the plane had taken off from
    Baghdad airport and returned to make an emergency landing
    after an engine fire which was being investigated.

    A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that a civilian
    plane had "declared an in-flight emergency". He said more
    details would be released later.

    Officials at the airport said initial indications
    suggested a missile had hit the plane.

    Missiles have been fired several times at planes
    approaching the airport, but Saturday's incident was the
    first time a fixed-wing aircraft had been hit.

    Guerrilla attacks have brought down five U.S. army
    helicopters in Iraq over the past month, killing 39 people.

    A Brussels-based spokesman for DHL, Xavier Debuck, said
    an Airbus A300 had been on its way to the Gulf Arab state
    of Bahrain when it was forced to turn back to Baghdad and
    make an emergency landing.

    He said the company's clients in Iraq included
    non-governmental organisations. It did not handle military
    cargo.




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