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http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/meast/01/31/sprj.nirq.main/index.htmlSaturday=
, January 31, 2004 Posted: 2:00 PM EST (1900 GMT)
 Reports says up to nine people died Saturday in the Mosul, Iraq, blast.=20


BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Two bombings in Iraq on Saturday killed 12 people, i=
ncluding three American soldiers, and wounded at least 45 others, according=
 to the U.S. military and news agency reports.=20

A car bomb exploded early Saturday, which was payday at a police station in=
 the northern Iraq of Mosul. The blast killed nine people and wounded at le=
ast 45 others, according to news agency reports.=20

There were no U.S. casualties, said U.S. Army Maj. Trey Cate. Fire and resc=
ue teams are on the scene as well U.S. forces, Cate said.=20

Also Saturday, a roadside bomb attack on a U.S. Army convoy traveling betwe=
en the northeast Iraqi towns of Tikrit and Kirkuk killed three U.S. soldier=
s.=20

A military spokesman told CNN the attack on soldiers of the 4th Infantry Di=
vision happened 25 miles (40 kilometers) southwest of Kirkuk. The deaths br=
ing to 522 the number of U.S. forces killed in the Iraq war, including 364 =
from hostile fire.=20

Witnesses to the Mosul attack told The Associated Press they saw severed li=
mbs and decapitated bodies in the street in front of the police station aft=
er the explosion. The police station was crowded when the bomb detonated, p=
olice Lt. Mohammed Fadil told the AP.=20

Some witnesses told the AP it appeared that a car drove through a security =
barricade in front of the police station before exploding.=20

One policeman said the blast was so powerful that there were casualties ins=
ide the police station building.=20

The police station is next to the University of Mosul campus. Mosul is abou=
t 225 (362 kilometers) miles northwest of Baghdad.=20

The attacks occurred a day before the start of the four-day Eid al-Adha, or=
 Feast of Sacrifice, a major Muslim holiday.=20

The latest bombings come after the United Nations said Friday that it expec=
ts to send advisers to Iraq shortly to assess the feasibility of direct ele=
ctions before the country regains its sovereignty. (Full story)=20

A U.N. team arrived Tuesday to evaluate security for electoral advisers, an=
d U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan cited assurances on their security from=
 the U.S.-led coalition.=20

"The coalition has indicated to me that they will do the maximum to protect=
 the teams that are going to work in Iraq, so I think that, from here, in a=
 few days, the teams will be ready to travel and to start work," Annan said=
 in Brussels, Belgium.=20

The United States has said it isn't practical to hold direct elections for =
a transitional national assembly before a sovereign Iraqi government takes =
control June 30. The Americans have suggested a caucus-style plan to choose=
 the legislature by the end of May.=20

But Iraq's top Shiite Muslim cleric, Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, and other=
s have staunchly favored direct elections.=20

A U.S. military official predicts the walk-up to independence could spawn m=
ore violence in Iraq.=20

"As we get closer to Iraqi sovereignty, we expect to see an uptick in the a=
mount of violence that we have in the country of which we are fully prepare=
d to handle," Brig. Gen. Mark Kimmitt said.=20
Other developments
=95 NATO Secretary-General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer said he believes the Atlan=
tic alliance would be open to a request for a greater military commitment i=
n Iraq once the country regains its sovereignty. In his first visit to the =
United States since assuming his post in January, Scheffer said he and Pres=
ident Bush discussed a possible greater NATO role after Iraq achieves indep=
endence. (Full story)=20

=95 Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, told the AP an independent investigation i=
s needed to look into apparent intelligence failures on Iraq's weapons capa=
bilities as well as flawed estimates on Iraq, North Korea and Libya. Former=
 top U.S. weapons inspector David Kay told a Senate panel this week no larg=
e stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction have been found in Iraq. The Bu=
sh administration had cited such weapons as a key reason in going to war. (=
Full story)=20

=95 Iraqi authorities plan to investigate allegations of illegal oil trade =
between Saddam Hussein's regime and other countries, a member of the U.S.-a=
ppointed Iraqi Governing Council said. Naseir al-Chadirchi said Thursday th=
at authorities have documents allegedly looted from government ministries a=
fter Saddam's fall indicating deals apparently made outside of internationa=
l strictures placed on the country's oil trade.=20



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