Many Iraqi policemen killed, injured in an explosion in Baghdad

Witnesses said that a booby trapped car went of today morning in Baja, the police center in al-Saleheyah near the Green Zone in the downtown of the Iraqi capital Baghdad and this resulted in killing at least two Iraqi police men and injuring other 35.

Press sources in Baghdad said that explosions were heard and that a state of chaos is overwhelming the area, as the Iraqi national guards, police and the American forces cordoned the place.

The accident came hours after a booby trapped car went off at Tirbil border center at the Iraqi border with Jordan, resulted in destroying the VIP hall which was used often by the American army.

A spokesman for the American Marines said that the explosion which took place yesterday resulted in many casualties in the lines of the Marines, noting that the American soldiers opened fire at the truck as they suspected it but could not stop it and it continued its way towards their center before it blew up. The spokesman said it is early to give details on the number of killed or wounded.

Simultaneously, the Jordanian forces, at the Jordanian side of the border foiled an attack by a booby trapped car coming from Iraq and preparing to enter al-Karamah border center. The two sides of the border were closed after the two incidents.