Militants Target Police ; Baghdad Blast, Ambush of Van Leave 59 Dead
The Record, Bergen County, NJ › September 15, 2004
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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Guerrillas bombed a Baghdad shopping street full of police recruits and fired on a police van north of the capital Tuesday in attacks that killed at least 59 people and struck at the heart of the U.S. strategy for fighting Iraq's escalating insurgency.
The car bombing and shooting - the latest in violence that has killed nearly 150 people in three days - were part of an increasingly brazen and coordinated campaign to bring the battle to Baghdad, sowing chaos in the center of authority for Prime Minister Ayad Allawi and his American allies.See the full content of this document
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Militants Target Police ; Baghdad Blast, Ambush of Van Leave 59 Dead
The insurgent attacks appear to have only grown deadlier since Allawi's interim government took power in June despite U.S. claims that Iraqi security forces are showing more resolve against the strikes.
The mounting attacks aim to wreck the centerpiece of the U.S. plan for defeating the militants: building a strong Iraqi security force able to b...See the full content of this document
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