(21 May 2009) SHOTLIST
Baghdad's Dora neighbourhood
1. Various of US and Iraqi soldiers, vehicles, at site of suicide bomb attack against US foot patrol
2. Iraqi troops outside shop
3. Damaged civilian car
4. Various of blood stains and debris on ground
5. Mid of damaged civilian car
6. Tilt up from piece of cloth on ground to Iraqi soldier
7. Close of blood on ground and torn poster
8. Various of firefighters washing the ground
Baghdad's Dora neighbourhood
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9. Various of Iraqi and US military vehicles sealing off the area where the suicide bomber attack took place
Baghdad's Yarmouk neighbourhood
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10. Wide of Iraqi humvee outside al-Mamoon police station
11. Wide of policeman outside
12. Fire engine driving towards police station
13. Fire engine outside police station
14. Wide of Iraqi military vehicles near police station
15. Various of traffic on road near police station
Baghdad's Yarmouk neighbourhood
16. Sign reading: (English/Arabic) "al-Yarmouk Teaching Hospital"
17. Various of injured people on stretchers being wheeled into hospital emergency ward
18. Ambulances outside hospital
STORYLINE
Three US soldiers were killed on Thursday in a bombing in Baghdad, the US military said, part of a burst of violence only weeks before American combat troops are due to leave Iraqi cities.
The attack was one of a series of bombings to hit Baghdad and the northern city of Kirkuk, killing at least 66 people and wounding dozens more in two days.
Attacks in civilian areas appear to be carried out by extremists seeking to rekindle sectarian warfare.
The deadliest blast on Thursday occurred in Baghdad's southern Dora district, where a bomb exploded near an American foot patrol, US and Iraqi officials said.
The US military initially reported nine US personnel were wounded in the attack. Later, the military said it could not confirm that number because the injured were still being evaluated and treated.
The attack occurred about 10:38 a.m. (0738GMT) as the soldiers patrolled near an outdoor market, said Army Major David Shoupe.
Bloodstains were visible on the ground in the aftermath of the attack.
Iraqi police said a suicide bomber was responsible, but Shoupe said the US could not confirm that.
He said four civilians died in the blast, but Iraqi police and hospital officials put the civilian toll at 12 killed and 25 wounded.
The Iraqi police officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to release the information.
Also on Thursday, a bomb exploded inside a police station in the western Baghdad neighbourhood of Yarmouk, killing three policemen and wounding 19 others, an Iraqi police official said.
The bomb was hidden inside a trash can and carried into the station, he added.
The official also spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to release the information.
Earlier on Thursday, another suicide bomber killed seven US-backed Sunni paramilitaries as they waited in a line to receive salaries at an Iraqi military base in the northern city of Kirkuk.
Police Major Salam Zankana said the victims in the Kirkuk attack were members of the local paramilitary Awakening Council - Sunnis who turned against the insurgents and help provide security. Eight others were wounded, he said.
Despite a dramatic drop in violence in Iraq, attacks still occur, although with less frequency. Bursts of attacks tend to be followed by periods of calm, only to have the violence spring up again.
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