Iraq 'progress' kills 10 more police

Well, Bush said "the way forward" would be difficult, but he pretty much meant it would be difficult for everyone else. While the surge was supposed to quell violence in Baghdad, it has not only failed miserably in that regard, but has also 'succeeded' in exporting violence to the areas around Baghdad. Truck bombers blowing up a cop hangout is not a sign of "normalcy", though Bush claims normalcy is returning to Iraq.

Truck bomb kills seven police north of Baghdad

14/09/2007

BAGHDAD, (Reuters) - A suicide bomber rammed a truck laden with explosives into two police cars near the northern Iraqi town of Baiji on Friday, killing at least seven policemen, a police source said.

An official at a joint police and army coordination centre put the death toll at 10, and said he believed it could rise further because identification cards had been found at the scene which did not belong to bodies so far recovered.

The police cars were parked outside a restauraunt, 3 km (two miles) south of Baiji, the official said. He said eight civilians were wounded in the attack.

The bombing took place a day after U.S. President George W. Bush approved a limited U.S. troop withdrawal from Iraq, but said the U.S. military role will stretch beyond his presidency.