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August 2, 2007

Suicide Car Bombing Hits Iraqi Police Post, 13 Killed
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http://enews.voanews.com/t?ctl=185860F:A6F02AD83191E160A47CFF79697E73669574F7DCC14957C0 Officials say
bomber struck a group of recruits lining up outside station in Hibhib
in restive Diyala province Thursday Iraqi police say a suicide car
bombing at a police station north of Baghdad has killed at least 13
people and wounded 15 others.

Officials say the bomber struck a group of recruits lining up outside
the station in the town of Hibhib in restive Diyala province Thursday.







Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed al-Nahayan (R)
meeting with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates in Abu Dhabi, 2 Aug
2007At the end of a Middle East tour, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert
Gates acknowledged that U.S. officials underestimated the difficulty
for Iraq's government to approve national reconciliation measures.

Gates told reporters on the flight home, after a visit to the United
Arab Emirates, that the "depth of mistrust" among Iraq's Sunni Arab,
Shi'ite and Kurdish leaders is much deeper than anticipated.

On Wednesday, Iraq's largest Sunni Arab political bloc announced it is
withdrawing from Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki's coalition
government, further undermining attempts at national reconciliation.

A leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front, Rafaa al-Issawi, said Mr.
Maliki's Shi'ite-majority government had failed to meet its demands,
which included dealing with Shi'ite militias and reforming the Iraq
security forces and detention procedures.

In other news, the U.S. military said coalition forces killed four
insurgents and captured 20 other suspects during raids targeting
al-Qaida in Iraq in Baghdad and Mosul on Wednesday and early Thursday.
The military said the detainees include two alleged senior al-Qaida in
Iraq leaders.

The U.S. military Thursday announced the deaths of three more American
soldiers killed in combat in Iraq.

The military also announced the capture of what it called a "high
value individual," who was detained in western al-Anbar province last
week following a tip.

Some information for this report was provided by AP and Reuters.


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