A BOMB PLACED UNDERNEATH A CAR EXPLODED IN EASTERN BAGHDAD ON TUESDAY, KILLING AT LEAST TWO POLICEMEN AND WOUNDING MORE THAN 20 CIVILIANS, POLICE SAID. THE BOMB TARGETED A POLICE PATROL IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OF SULEIKH, POLICE CAPT. ALI AL-OBEIDI was quoted as saying by The Associated Press. A ROADSIDE BOMBING IN WESTERN BAGHDAD MISSED ANOTHER POLICE PATROL, WOUNDING A CIVILIAN DRIVER INSTEAD, POLICE SAID. IN THE DORA DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN BAGHDAD, POLICE DISCOVERED TWO BODIES, BOTH SHOT IN THE HEAD. TWELVE OTHER BODIES WERE FOUND IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD ON MONDAY. IN A DRIVE-BY SHOOTING, ASSAILANTS GUNNED DOWN A POLICE OFFICER WALKING NEAR HIS HOME IN THE SOUTHERN CITY OF BASRA, POLICE SAID.
