…rescuing the Polish ambassador from a horrific car bombing:

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) — Three bombs Wednesday in Baghdad struck the convoy of the Polish ambassador to Iraq, wounding the diplomat and killing three others in the entourage, including one of his bodyguards, authorities said. In addition, the explosions killed two Iraqi civilians and wounded 11 others in the downtown Karrada neighborhood. The convoy’s three sport utility vehicles — all bearing Polish flags — were hit in the blasts, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said. The ambassador, Gen. Edward Pietrzyk, was evacuated from the scene by a helicopter from Blackwater USA, the embattled security firm that protects U.S. diplomats, a source told CNN. The deputy chief of the Polish mission said Pietrzyk was released Wednesday afternoon from a U.S. military hospital and was to be taken first to Ramstein Air Base in Germany and then to Poland for further treatment. Officials said the diplomat had a leg wound and suffered burns in the attack.