Series of attacks around Iraq kill 10

[maddezmom]

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Car bombs and drive-by shootings killed at least 10 people and wounded dozens of others Thursday in a series of attacks around central Iraq, officials said.

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In Thursday's first attack, a car bomb missed a police patrol in a Shiite neighborhood of northern Baghdad, killing a civilian and wounding 13 others, police said.

Another car bomb then blew up near the government's passport office in central Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 22. The injured included four police officers, said police Lt. Bilal Ali.

The blast gouged a large crater in the street in front of the office, destroyed at least three cars, scattered debris and knocked down the walls of a neighboring house.

Gunmen in Baqouba, 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, killed two police officers in a drive-by shooting. Another group of gunmen shot and killed three people in Ghazaniya, just north of Baqouba.

more:http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060914/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq

[krispos42]

1. Quiet day in Iraq.

If you listen carefully, you could hear the crickets chirping between bursts of automatic weapons fire, explosions, screams, crys of anguish, and wailing sirens. :sarcasm: