Terrorists kill 14 in Sunni triangle

KHAN BANI SAAD, Iraq, Nov. 22 (UPI) -- Two Iraqi police stations in the notorious Sunni triangle came under attack Saturday, leaving at least 12 Iraqis and two bombers dead, Fox News reported.

The first blast rocked the station in Baqouba, a city about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad. Minutes later, a second bomb detonated in Khan Bani Saad, a crowded market town about 12 miles south of Baqouba on the road to Baghdad.

In Baqouba a white SUV approached the gate to a police station at normal speed but ignored orders to stop and then blew up at the checkpoint, witnesses said.

Three policemen and the driver were killed, and one policeman was missing, Lt. Wisam Ahmed said. At least 10 civilians were hurt. A coalition official said on condition of anonymity that five policemen were killed and 15 were wounded in the attack.

The Khan Bani Saad explosion killed 10 people, including six policemen, three civilians and the bomber, said Capt. Ryan McCormick of the 4th Infantry Division.

Iraqi police said one of the dead was a 5-year-old girl. Ten people were wounded, McCormick said.

To the north in Mosul, police Col. Abdul-Salam Qanbar, who was in charge of a police force protecting oil installations, was fatally shot Saturday evening while heading to a mosque, a police official said.

Also Saturday a U.S. military source said a DHL cargo plane, enroute from Baghdad to Bahrain, was struck by a SAM-7 missile. It returned to the Baghdad airport. No injuries were reported.