Car bombing near police station in central Basra

BASRA / IraqiNews.com: A car bomb went off on Wednesday near a police station in central Basra city, southern Iraq. “The blast occurred this morning near a police station in the Umm al-Broom neighborhood of central Basra,” a local police source told IraqiNews.com news agency. No news so far about casualties or damage. The oil-rich city of Basra lies 590 km south of Baghdad. MH (P)/SR 3