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Baghdad Hit by Suicide Car Bomber

   VOA News 25 August 2010
   Workers pick up debris from the site of a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, 25
   Aug 2010

Photo: AP

   Workers pick up debris from the site of a bombing in Baghdad, Iraq, 25
   Aug 2010

   Police  in  Iraq say a suicide car bombing in Baghdad Wednesday killed
   at least 11 people and wounded more than 30 others.
   The  attack  took  place  near a police station in the northern Qahira
   district.
   A  recent  rise  of violence has coincided with the U.S. withdrawal of
   combat  troops  from  Iraq.   Attacks  have  targeted  Iraqi security
   forces.
   President  Barack  Obama  has set an August 31 deadline for the end of
   combat operations in the country.
   The  U.S.  military  announced  Tuesday  that there are now fewer than
   50,000  U.S.  troops  in  Iraq.   They  have shifted their mission to
   advising  and  training  Iraqi  security forces until the end of 2011,
   when all U.S. troops are to leave.

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

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