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• Car Bombs Hit Police Stations in Iraq's Basra
  
  BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Explosions ripped through three police stations in Iraq's southern city of Basra on Wednesday, causing many casualties, a British military spokesman said.
  
  "There were three separate explosions at police stations at about 7.15 a.m. (0315 GMT)," Squadron Leader John Arnold told Reuters. "They were vehicle-based improvised explosive devices."
  
  He said there were reports of heavy casualties, but no exact figures were available, partly because British troops who control Basra could not reach two of the police stations.
  
  "They are being stoned," Arnold said, adding that no casualties among British forces had been reported.
  
  Arnold said it was too early to say if the attacks were suicide bombings.
  
  Police had earlier said they believed the blasts at two police stations in central Basra had been caused by mortar bombs.
  
  The explosions in the morning rush hour sowed panic across Basra, which had been relatively peaceful during this month's surge of violence in other parts of central and southern Iraq.