Unknown attackers have attempted to overrun two police stations in the northern city of Mosul, in an operation that augurs badly for the approaching elections, according to a US commander.
Major General Carter Ham said on Wednesday that although the last four attacks on the city's stations had been repelled by Iraqi police and National Guards, he noted Mosul essentially remained without a working police force.
Aljazeera articleMajor General Carter Ham said on Wednesday that although the last four attacks on the city's stations had been repelled by Iraqi police and National Guards, he noted Mosul essentially remained without a working police force.
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Four Iraqi police officers have been killed and 13 others injured in an attack on buses transporting them between Basra and Baghdad.
A senior police source said the ambush on Tuesday occurred near the town of Salman Pak, about 30km southeast of the Iraqi capital and left the highway "littered with bodies รข€¦ fighting is still going on".
Aljazeera article
A senior police source said the ambush on Tuesday occurred near the town of Salman Pak, about 30km southeast of the Iraqi capital and left the highway "littered with bodies รข€¦ fighting is still going on".
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