Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Michael J. Carden3rd Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division
AD DAWR — An abandoned youth center is now the new headquarters for the Ad Dawr police department. An attack on Feb. 11, left the previous headquarters in rubble.
The attack came somewhat as a surprise, said an Ad Dawr police lieutenant through a translator. Ad Dawr is a very close-knit community and violence in the area hasn't been an issue like it has in other parts of the country.
The source of attack was a car bomb detonated from within the perimeter of the police station at around 9 a.m. It killed at least nine policemen and wounded six others, two of which were innocent bystanders.
(PHOTO: Sgt. Aaron George, infantryman, Company B, 2nd Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division, unloads a piece of wood, Feb. 12, 2007, at the new police headquarters in Ad Dawr, just east of Tikrit, Iraq. The previous police headquarters was destroyed by a car bomb.)
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