Word: iskandariyah
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Dates: during 2004-2004
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...year after the Americans arrived, newspapers still report the slayings of former Baathists, scientists and professors, as political and private scores are settled not by the gavel but by the gun. In recent weeks, attacks against police have continued unabated. On Feb. 10 a car bomb exploded outside an Iskandariyah police station 30 miles south of Baghdad, killing at least 55 people, most of whom were lined up outside waiting to join the force. The same day three policemen died when their checkpoint was sprayed with machine-gun fire. Just four days later, 23 policemen died in a pitched...