Car Bomb Kills 4 in Iraq

Greg LaMotte
Baghdad
28 Oct 2003, 19:21 UTC

A bomber struck the town of Fallujah west of Baghdad, killing at least four civilians. According to
Iraqi police, a suicide bomber in Fallujah drove his car to within 100 meters of a police station, a
school, and a power station and detonated his explosives-filled vehicle.

Fallujah is a town about 65 kilometers west of Baghdad in what is known as

the Sunni triangle. The area is known as the stronghold of Saddam Hussein
loyalists.

Monday, four suicide bombings rocked Baghdad in

what was the worst day of violence since major
combat operations ended May 1. Dozens of people
were killed and hundreds injured.

The spokesman for the Coalition Provisional Authority, Charles Heatly, told
reporters Tuesday bringing security to Iraq is work in progress. "We do, of
course, have a responsibility of, as we have said always, to improve the
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security situation in this country we take that very seriously and we will An Iraqi police man
continue to work on it," he said. takes notes near the
remains of a suicide
The provisional authority also disclosed that the deputy mayor of Baghdad, bomber's car in the
Iraqi town of Fallujah
Faris al-Assam, was shot dead late Sunday during a drive-by shooting near
his home in Baghdad.

In a separate development, at least three people were injured when a roadside device detonated in
Basra as a British patrol passed by.