Policemen Slain in Latest Iraq Violence

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Two suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other and a half-mile apart in southern Baghdad on Thursday, killing seven policemen and raising the day's death toll from blasts in the capital to at least 31, police said.

Earlier Thursday, the day's first suicide car bombing killed 16 policemen and five civilians in the same neighborhood, signaling a new round of violence one day after residents suffered through Baghdad's bloodiest day since the invasion that toppled Saddam Hussein - 160 dead and 570 wounded.

A roadside bomb struck a Ministry of Industry bus Thursday in eastern Baghdad, killing three civilians and wounding 13, said police Lt. Col. Ahmed Abbod.

The U.S. military and Iraqi police drove through Baghdad's Dora neighborhood, where the bombings were concentrated, warning residents to stay indoors because five more car bombers were said to be ready to attack, police Capt. Ali Abdul Hamza said. Streets in the southern neighborhood were abandoned."
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