TheStar.com - Rebels raid Iraqi police station

TheStar.com - Rebels raid Iraqi police station

YUSUFIYAH, IRAQ—Gunmen stormed a police station south of Baghdad yesterday, drove off poorly armed police and blew up the building in the fourth such attack in a week against Iraqi security installations.

Police in this Euphrates river town, 16 kilometres south of Baghdad, called for help from U.S. forces when they came under attack.

But the Americans didn't reach the town until about five hours later, police Lt. Satpar Abdul-Reda said.