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Suicide Car Bombing in Ba'qubah
Aired January 14, 2004 - 06:00 ET
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CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraqi police are dealing with a suicide bomber today. They tried to stop him, opening fire just as the car exploded. It happened in Ba'qubah, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad.
We take you live to Iraq now and CNN's Karl Penhaul in Baghdad.
Hello -- Karl.
KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
We had teams on the ground in Ba'qubah this morning, and they brought us back information both from police sources and hospital officials. The bomb was packed into a car -- a green Toyota sedan -- that wove around a checkpoint, and then sped up as it headed towards the police station. As you say, police agents opening fire, but the bomber's leg was actually strapped to the gas pedal. There was no way that that car was stopping.
It exploded, and hospital officials have told us that two civilians are dead and 24 other people are wounded. In addition to that, the bomber himself has died, and amongst the wounded are also 12 police officers.
The bomb exploded outside the police station, but that in turn is next to the high school in Ba'qubah, and we're told that one 17-year- old student was also injured in that blast.
Now, in another incident overnight, some raids in the town of Samarra, again north of Baghdad, and sources from the 4th Infantry Division have told us that they detained four men that they suspect of being relatives of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri.
Izzat Ibrahim is still the most wanted fugitive still at large in Iraq. He was Saddam Hussein's right-hand man and now suspected of leading anti-coalition insurgency. The coalition forces are hoping that by detained his relatives, they will give the coalition leads as to Izzat Ibrahim's whereabouts.
COSTELLO: Karl Penhaul reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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Aired January 14, 2004 - 06:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
CAROL COSTELLO, CNN ANCHOR: Iraqi police are dealing with a suicide bomber today. They tried to stop him, opening fire just as the car exploded. It happened in Ba'qubah, 40 miles northeast of Baghdad.
We take you live to Iraq now and CNN's Karl Penhaul in Baghdad.
Hello -- Karl.
KARL PENHAUL, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Good morning to you, Carol.
We had teams on the ground in Ba'qubah this morning, and they brought us back information both from police sources and hospital officials. The bomb was packed into a car -- a green Toyota sedan -- that wove around a checkpoint, and then sped up as it headed towards the police station. As you say, police agents opening fire, but the bomber's leg was actually strapped to the gas pedal. There was no way that that car was stopping.
It exploded, and hospital officials have told us that two civilians are dead and 24 other people are wounded. In addition to that, the bomber himself has died, and amongst the wounded are also 12 police officers.
The bomb exploded outside the police station, but that in turn is next to the high school in Ba'qubah, and we're told that one 17-year- old student was also injured in that blast.
Now, in another incident overnight, some raids in the town of Samarra, again north of Baghdad, and sources from the 4th Infantry Division have told us that they detained four men that they suspect of being relatives of Izzat Ibrahim al-Duri.
Izzat Ibrahim is still the most wanted fugitive still at large in Iraq. He was Saddam Hussein's right-hand man and now suspected of leading anti-coalition insurgency. The coalition forces are hoping that by detained his relatives, they will give the coalition leads as to Izzat Ibrahim's whereabouts.
COSTELLO: Karl Penhaul reporting live from Baghdad this morning.
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