Tuesday 11 January 2005, 11:21 Makka Time, 8:21 GMT
According to the US military, six Iraqi policemen were killed today in Tikrit (Northern Iraq) by a car bomb.
The bomb exploded close to an Iraqi police headquarters in Tikrit city, Saddam Hussein's hometown, which is situated 175 km north of Baghdad.
The US military reported: "At approximately 9.30am (0630 GMT) on 11 January in northern Tikrit, anti-Iraqi forces detonated a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device in the vicinity of a police station, killing six Iraqi police."
As a result, security was tightened by the Iraqi police.
Il Romanaccio at 11:31 AM