Car bombs detonate near police, bus stations
By Staff Sgt. Craig Zentkovich
August 18, 2005
BAGHDAD, Iraq (Army News Service Aug. 18, 2005) -- Terrorists carried out multiple suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device attacks Aug. 17 in Baghdad.
A total of 28 Iraqi civilians and four Iraqi Police were killed and 68 civilians were wounded in the terrorist attacks, said Col. Joseph DiSalvo, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division.
The first part of the attack involved a car bomb which detonated in a main bus terminal in downtown Baghdad at 7:50 a.m. Ten minutes later, as Iraqi Police arrived at the scene, a suicide bomber detonated his vehicle outside the terminal, which is a main transit station for Iraqis heading north and south.
Casualties from both attacks were taken to al-Kindi hospital, where, at 8:45 a.m., a third VBIED was detonated.
“This particular incident, where terrorists deliberately target civilians, emergency responders and hospitals, defines crimes against humanity -- period. The Iraqi people have seen once again that the terrorists have no regard for human life,” said Col. Joseph DiSalvo, commander of 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division. “These heinous attacks will only strengthen the resolve of the Iraqi people and Iraqi Security Forces in their fight against the terrorists.”
The incidents are under investigation.
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