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Suicide Bombing Near Iraq's Interior Ministry Kills 4 Policemen
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=105DC76:3919ACA Bomber blew
himself up near police vehicle outside Iraq's Interior Ministry





Iraqi forces close off a main street leading to the Interior Ministry
building in Baghdad, Iraq, Thursday Dec. 29, 2005

Iraqi authorities say a suicide bomber killed four policemen and
wounded four others in Baghdad Thursday.

Police say the bomber blew himself up near a police vehicle outside
Iraq's Interior Ministry. In a separate attack in the capital, a
roadside bomb killed a U.S. soldier.

Meanwhile, U.S. General Donald Alston said Thursday that U.S. forces
expected insurgent attacks to increase after security measures imposed
for Iraq's elections were lifted. But he added that security
operations and the participation of Iraq's Sunni Arabs in the
political process are diminishing insurgent capabilities.

Sunni Arabs and secular Shi'ites have alleged widespread fraud after
initial vote tallies showed a strong lead by a key Shi'ite coalition.
But the U.N. advisor to Iraq's election commission, Craig Jenness
rejected their calls to hold another vote, saying this month's was
credible.

 


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