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To: haqihana who wrote (92670)	12/28/2004 9:27:16 PM
From: KLP	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793761

Rebels strike Iraqi forces after Bin Laden call Wednesday, December 29, 2004 7:42 AM abs-cbnnews.com TIKRIT, Iraq - Insurgents overran a police post near Saddam Hussein's home town on Tuesday, hauled out 12 men and shot them dead in a dramatic show of force, a day after Osama bin Laden declared holy war on the U.S.-backed election. The dawn massacre in Tikrit, where the guerrillas also blew up the police station, was the bloodiest in a spate of attacks in Iraq's Sunni minority heartlands north of Baghdad; at least five other policemen were killed and several National Guards. In Samarra, U.S. forces banned cars from the streets after an attack on a police station and two attacks on U.S. troops. A suicide car bomber failed to kill a National Guard general in Baghdad. The timing of the attacks and broadcast of the al Qaeda leader's audiotape seemed coincidental but together they racked up the pressure on Iraqi voters to stay at home on January 30 and seemed aimed to instil fear in Iraq's new security forces. Both have grave implications for U.S. prospects in Iraq. Outgoing Secretary of State Colin Powell said in a television interview that the United States "cannot allow murderers and terrorists" to deny the Iraqi people their right to vote and pledged to carry on with the January 30 ballot. Bin Laden's call for a boycott of the election and his endorsement of Islamist ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi's campaign of bombing and kidnap will find few willing supporters in Iraq. But the threat of being killed will put many off voting anyway. A group led by Zarqawi said on Tuesday it had tried to kill Iraqi Shi'ite leader Abdel Aziz al-Hakim on Monday and warned of more attempts on his life, according to an Internet statement. "Hakim, we tell you that if the arrow has failed to strike you, there are other arrows in our pouch," the statement said. Reuters/abs-cbnNEWS.com