Urgent/3 cops injured by bomb blast in Baghdad

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Three policemen were wounded on Wednesday in a bomb explosion in southern Baghdad, a police source said. “A roadside bomb, planted by unknown gunmen on the main road in al-Doura neighborhood in southern Baghdad, went off targeting a police vehicle patrol, injuring three policemen,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Security forces sealed off the region and rushed the three cops to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added. Baghdad is the capital of Iraq and Baghdad province. With a municipal population estimated at 7,000,000, it is the largest city in Iraq. It is the second largest city in the Arab world (after Cairo) and the second largest city in southwest Asia (after Tehran). Located on the Tigris River, the city dates back to at least the 8th century, and probably to pre-Islamic times. Once the center of Dar al-Islam (the abode of Islam), Baghdad has been a center of violent conflict since 2003 because of the ongoing Iraq war. Baghdad’s population is a mix of Sunnis and Shiites. It is mainly divided into two sides: the west (al-Karkh) and the east (al-Rasafa). SH (S) 1