BAGHDAD, Oct. 28 (UPI) -- The death toll in Baghdad's bombing spree rose to 43 Tuesday, and ihe number of injured reached 224, reports said.
A suicide bomber driving an ambulance detonated the device at the gates of the Red Cross headquarters in the Iraqi capital killing 12 people, while hospital and U.S. army officials said at least 27 people had been killed following attacks on three police stations.
A mortar attack on U.S. troops west of Baghdad killed two soldiers and injured two more.
The wave of attacks came on the first day of the Muslim holy festival Ramadan and prompted speculation from one Iraqi deputy minister that Saddam Hussein was behind them.
The Red Cross said it would begin pulling its 35 non-Iraqi staff out of the city while the 800 Iraqis who work there would remain, but without military protection.
Early Tuesday, a suicide bomber blew up a car outside the police station in Fallujah, killing himself and three others.
