I don’t even know why these acts by Muslims make the news anymore? If Muslims didn’t blow each other up day in and day out, that would be news. TGO
Refer to story below. Source: Associated Press
BAGHDAD (AP) — Insurgents ambushed a local police headquarters in northern Iraq early Wednesday, killing at least nine policemen and extending the surge of violence that has killed more than 500 people this month alone, officials said.
The attack took place in the town of Bashmaya outside the city of Mosul, which has been one of the major flashpoints in a wave of bloodshed that has washed over the country since April and left more than 3,000 people dead. The scale of the violence is intensifying fears of a return to the widespread sectarian killing that pushed the country to the brink of civil war after the 2003 U.S.-led invasion.
A police official said nine policemen were killed and two wounded in the attack. As an ambulance rushing to the scene was hit by a roadside bomb, wounding the driver and his assistant, the official said.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not allowed to talk to the media.
As the level of violence in Iraq has escalated in recent months, insurgents have been carrying out increasingly audacious attacks, such as raids this week against two high-security prisons near Baghdad that killed dozens and set free hundreds of inmates, including al-Qaida-linked militants.
On Tuesday, al-Qaida’s Iraqi branch claimed responsibility for the attack.
