IRAQI RESISTANCE

Reuters: Spanish Envoy Among 9 Dead in Twin Iraq Attacks

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Twin attacks in Baghdad killed a Spanish diplomat and at least eight Iraqis Thursday, exactly half a year since U.S. troops occupied the city.

A suicide car bomber crashed through the gates of a police station, killing at least three policemen and five civilians and wounding scores in the blast, Iraqi police said.

"It was definitely a suicide bomb," one policeman said at the scene. "We found the head of the attacker. It had been blown off his body. He was bearded, and his body was charred."

In another part of town, Jose Antonio Bernal, a Spanish air force sergeant attached to the embassy, was gunned down as he left his home. Spain has around 1,300 troops in Iraq and backed the U.S.-led war.