Two car bombs exploded at police stations in and near Baghdad on Monday, killing at least nine people and shattering any hopes of a quick end to violence after the capture of Saddam Hussein. A car bomb ripped through the Zuhour police station at Husseiniyah village, 18 miles north of Baghdad, killing nine people and injuring more than 20, a police official told Reuters.
A second car bomb exploded outside Amiriyah criminal investigation department in Baghdad shortly afterwards, injuring at least seven people.
Another car bomb was discovered nearby in Amiriyah and sappers defused it.
The wave of attacks came two days after U.S. troops captured Saddam near his home town of Tikrit. Saddam loyalists are blamed for most attacks on American soldiers and allied Iraqi security forces.
Two car bombs exploded at police stations in and near Baghdad on Monday, killing at least nine people and shattering any hopes of a quick end to violence after the capture of Saddam Hussein. A car bomb ripped through the Zuhour police station at Husseiniyah village, 18 miles north of Baghdad, killing nine people and injuring more than 20, a police official told Reuters.
A second car bomb exploded outside Amiriyah criminal investigation department in Baghdad shortly afterwards, injuring at least seven people.
Another car bomb was discovered nearby in Amiriyah and sappers defused it.
The wave of attacks came two days after U.S. troops captured Saddam near his home town of Tikrit. Saddam loyalists are blamed for most attacks on American soldiers and allied Iraqi security forces.