IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMBER TARGETS IRAQI NATIONAL GUARDS KILLING FIVE GUARDSMEN AND WOUNDING 22 OTHERS

Record ID: 358752

  • Title: IRAQ: SUICIDE CAR BOMBER TARGETS IRAQI NATIONAL GUARDS KILLING FIVE GUARDSMEN AND WOUNDING 22 OTHERS
  • Date: 29th December 2004
  • Summary: (EU) BAQUBA, IRAQ (DECEMBER 28, 2004) (REUTERS) 1. SLV STREET COVERED WITH RUBBLE CAUSED BY CAR BOMB; BLOOD STAINS ON STREET; SLV PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND WRECKAGE (5 SHOTS) 0.36 2. MV CRATER CAUSED BY ATTACK / PAN TO PEOPLE GATHERING AT SITE; MV DAMAGED CIVILIAN CAR; MV WOUNDED MAN STANDING AMONG PEOPLE (3 SHOTS) 0.56 3. SOUNDBITE (Arabic) U
  • Embargoed: 13th January 2005 12:00
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  • Location: BAQUBA, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVACJYR4JGTY1O2WU74QGNRCLRS6
  • Story Text: A suicide car bomber targeted Iraqi National Guards,
    killing five guardsmen and wounded 22 others including
    civilians.

    A suicide car bomber targeted Iraqi National
    Guard troops in the restive town of Baquba on Tuesday
    (December 28, 2004) as they were working on the aftermath of an
    earlier roadside bombing, killing five guardsmen and
    wounding 22 others, including civilians.

    According to witnesses the attack began when a roadside
    bomb wounded four Iraqi guardsmen with an Iraqi National
    Guards convoy in the industrial neighbourhood.

    A second roadside bomb was found at the attack scene and
    an Iraqi explosive ordnance disposal team was called in to
    remove it.

    As the removal team worked, the suicide car bomber drove
    through a security cordon, setting off the vehicle bomb.

    "We were walking in the street and the National Guards
    were deployed in the area and suddenly an explosion took
    place and I was wounded by flying pieces of glass," said a
    civilian wounded in the attack.

    Part of the in the insurgent-heavy Sunni Triangle,
    Baquba, 65 km (30 miles) northeast of Baghdad, has been a
    frequent scene of clashes between insurgents and coalition
    forces.

    Insurgents have mainly targeted members of the interim
    government's security forces - whom they consider to be
    collaborators with the American occupation forces - killing
    hundreds in the past two months.


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