Reply #53: From ABC's broadcast: Blast was so powerful the 35 ton Bradley...

[VolcanoJen]

... was completely turned over. Explosion described by witnesses as "huge" and "devastating."

ABC showing footage of recent roadside bombings, which are obviously increasing in intensity and power. Three to five roadside bombings are being detonated per day in the lead-up to the elections, according to the Pentagon.

The police chief was from Sadr City, and was described as "the second most powerful man in Baghdad" by people who knew him, second only to the assasinated governor of Baghdad. The police chief's death marks the second high-level political assassination in as many days.