IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMB BLOWS UP NEAR TO POLICE ACADEMY IN HOMETOWN OF FORMER PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN

Record ID: 358725

  • Title: IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMB BLOWS UP NEAR TO POLICE ACADEMY IN HOMETOWN OF FORMER PRESIDENT SADDAM HUSSEIN
  • Date: 18th July 2004
  • Summary: (W3) TIKRIT, IRAQ (JULY 19, 2004)(REUTERS) 0.13 1. SLV/MV CARS ON FIRE/ SMOKE RISING INTO SKY; AUDIO AMBULANCE SIRENS; WIDE OF CARS ON FIRE 0.37 2. SLV IRAQI POLICE ON SCENE; SLV FIRE ENGINE ON SITE; SLV AMBULANCE DRIVING AWAY; SLV POLICEMEN NEAR BLAST SCENE 1.00 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic), POLICE OFFICER, COLONEL IBRAHIM AL-JIBOURI, SAYING "At a
  • Embargoed: 2nd August 2004 13:00
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  • Location: TIKRIT, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVAD7CR3CFVQB80F9CBGQPY2ULS3
  • Story Text: Suicide car bomb blows up near Police Academy in
    hometown of former president Saddam Hussein.

    A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near
    Police Academy in the city of Tikrit on Sunday (July 18, 2004),
    wounding one policeman.

    The car was blown up in a parking lot near the academy
    and the city's governor office, damaging a number of cars.

    " At around 0830 this morning the Police Academy was
    attacked by a suicide car bomb, which exploded near the
    checkpoint. One of our colleages was wounded," said police
    officer, Colonel Ibrahim al-Jibouri.

    Tikrit, 170 km north of Baghdad, is part of the Sunni
    Triangle area, which also extends to the west of the
    country. The region is a bastion of resistance to U.S.

    forces and has seen frequent attacks on Iraqis seen as
    collaborators, including police.

    On Saturday two cars exploded in Baghdad and
    Mahmoudiya, killing more than six people and injuring 50
    other people.


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