A suicide car bomber rammed his vehicle into an Iraqi police checkpoint near Baghdad University on Wednesday, killing at least 11 people and injuring 29, Interior Ministry and police sources said. The attack was reported in the Jadriya district in the southwest of the capital.
Meanwhile, U.S. President George W. Bush is reportedly weighing a short-term U.S. troop increase in Iraq, the White House has conveyed. In a Washington Post interview, Bush said the United States is not winning in Iraq and that he intends to expand the U.S. military to deal with the long-term fight against terrorism.
"We're not winning, we're not losing," Bush told the Post.
White House spokesman Tony Snow clarified a temporary infusion of forces in Iraq was "something that's being explored" as Bush considers options on Iraq.
