Iraq Interior Ministry Attack Kills 21
Insurgents exploded a suicide car bomb and launched two mortar shells at Iraq’s Interior Ministry during National Police Day celebrations Monday, killing 21 people and injuring 24, police said.
An Internet statement by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the name of his al-Qaida in Iraq terrorist group rebuked Sunni Arabs for taking part in last month’s parliamentary elections, saying they had “thrown a rope” to save U.S. policy.
The attack on the Interior Ministry began with a suicide car bomber who exploded his vehicle near an entrance checkpoint. Less than an hour later, two mortar rounds landed about a half-mile from where police were gathered to mark National Police Day.
At least 21 people were killed and 24 injured, mostly policemen, said police Sgt. Abdel Hadi Hassan. Several police cars were destroyed in the explosions, and pieces of body parts could be seen on the ground.
Source: ABC News International, The Washington Times.
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