Iraq Interior Ministry Attack Kills 29
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Video Bombers Hit Iraq Compound CBS News RAW: Two suicide bombers posing as police attacked the Interior Ministry compound in Baghdad, Iraq, killing 29 people. In Baqouba, a car bomb killed two people.
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Iraqi armored vehicles are seen driving away from the main entrance of the Ministry of Interior complex which leads to the scene of a twin suicide attack inside in central Baghdad, January 9, 2006. (Getty Images/Karim Sahib)
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Iraqi police and soldiers secure the main entrance of the Ministry of Interior complex which leads to the scene of a twin suicide attack in central Baghdad 09 January 2006. (Getty Images/Karim Sahib)
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A 1999 File photo of a U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopter, similar to the one that crashed in Iraq Saturday. (AP)
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Senior party member of the Sunni Arab Iraqi Accordance Front, Adnan al-Dulaimi, left, listens to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani during a meeting at the Presidential Building, Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006. (AP)
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Iraqi police and soldiers remove the charred corpse of a suicide car bomber, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006, in central Baghdad, Iraq. (AP)
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An Internet statement by Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in the name of his al Qaeda in Iraq terrorist group rebuked Sunni Arabs for taking part in last month's parliamentary elections, saying they had "thrown a rope" to save U.S. policy.
The attack on the Interior Ministry began with a suicide car bomber who exploded his vehicle near an entrance checkpoint. Less than an hour later, two mortar rounds landed about a half-mile from where police were gathered to mark National Police Day.
Most of the dead and injured were policemen, said Ala'a AbidAli, an official at al-Kindi hospital. Several police cars were destroyed, and body parts were scattered on the ground.
U.S. Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, Interior Minister Bayan Jabr and Defense Minister Sadoun al-Dulaimi were among hundreds watching a parade of marching soldiers, police patrols and military equipment, but they were about a half-mile from the mortar explosion. It wasn't clear if the three were still in the area when the mortar hit, and the U.S. Embassy didn't immediately return calls.
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