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Iraqi officials: Suicide car bomb targeting police kills at least 15 in disputed northern city
• BAGHDAD (AP) -- A suicide car bomber joined by other suicide attackers on foot assaulted a provincial police headquarters in a disputed northern Iraqi city on Sunday, killing at least 15 people and wounding 90 others, officials said.
• The blast in Kirkuk appeared to be a fresh attack by militants seeking to undermine government efforts in maintaining security nationwide.
• A police officer said the car bomber drove his vehicle into the Kirkuk headquarters, followed by suicide attackers on foot armed with machineguns and grenades. He added that police killed all the militants before they could enter the building. He did not say how many attackers there were in total.
• The officer spoke on condition of anonymity as he was not authorized to release information. The head of the provincial health directorate, Sidiq Omar Rasool, confirmed the casualty figures.
• While there was no immediate claim of responsibility, car bombs and coordinated attacks are favorite tactics for Sunni insurgents such as al-Qaida's Iraq branch.
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Syrian TV airs footage of what it says is aftermath of Israeli strike
• BEIRUT (AP) -- Syrian television has broadcast images of what it said is the aftermath of an Israeli airstrike on a research facility near Damascus earlier this week, showing destroyed vehicles and moderate damage to a building.
• In Germany, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak made statements on Sunday strongly implying that Israel had carried out Wednesday's airstrike, which the U.S says was targeting a weapons convoy. The Jewish state had not until now officially acknowledged the attack.
• "What happened in Syria several days ago ... that's proof that when we said something we mean it -- we say that we don't think it should be allowed to bring advanced weapons systems into Lebanon," Barak said at a security conference.
• U.S. officials say the strike hit a convoy of anti-aircraft weapons bound for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah while the vehicles were still on Syrian territory. The Syrian military said the target of Israeli jets was a scientific research center in the area of Jamraya, northwest of Damascus.
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