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I'm not Liberal, I'm paying attention.21 March 2006
`Nothing Less Than Victory'
"Their bodies were riddled with bullets... there were blood spatters inside their homes" - Bobby Ghosh, Time reporterInsurgents storm police station, free 30 detainees At least 19 people killed in attack north of Baghdad
-No Civil War here, smells like...BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- About 100 insurgents armed with rocket-propelled grenade launchers and machine guns stormed a police station in Diyala province Tuesday, killing at least 15 officers and freeing about 30 detainees. Insurgents also seized police weapons and radios and destroyed at least 20 cars, including a number of police vehicles. An official from the Diyala Joint Coordination Center said 18 police and one insurgent were killed. Nine people were wounded, including seven police officers. Two of the 18 dead were described as high-ranking police officers. The U.S. military said 15 police and 11 insurgents died and four police and two insurgents were wounded. The incident took place in the town of Muqdadiya, 65 miles north of Baghdad and about 25 miles north of Baquba, the capital of a province that has endured much insurgent violence.
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