Dozens of people have been killed in Iraq as the
country experienced another day of extreme violence. A car bomb
exploded on Tuesday morning close to an Iraqi police station in central
Baghdad, killing 47 people, health ministry officials say. Gunmen
opened fire on a police minibus killing 12 policemen and a civilian in
Baquba, north of Baghdad. A statement said to be from alleged al-Qaeda
militant Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's group said it carried out the attacks.
Meanwhile medical officials said 10 Iraqis were killed as US forces and
insurgents clashed in the town of Ramadi, west of Baghdad. And the US
military said three US troops were killed in separate attacks, two in
Baghdad and one in the northern city of Mosul, where five were also
reported injured. [more 
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