Gunmen Storm Iraqi TV Station, Kill 11

Oct 12, 8:08 AM (ET)By DAVID RISING

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - Gunmen stormed the headquarters of a new Sunni Arab satellite television station Thursday, killing the board chairman and 10 others, the second attack on an Iraqi station in the capital in as many weeks.

The people killed in the brazen morning assault were among at least 21 people who died in attacks that centered on Baghdad, including a suicide bomber who slammed into a police patrol on his motorcycle and a coordinated double bombing of a central square.

After the attack, blood stained the polished floors of the Shaabiya satellite television station building, which housed its studio and offices, and bullet casings lay scattered around.

The station was founded in July and was working around the clock to get ready to start broadcasting after the end of Ramadan in about two weeks, so the office was full of people even though the attack came at 7 a.m., executive director Hassan Kamil said. He added that some of those killed had been sleeping. >>>cont

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