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Iraq suicide bombing kills eight | Iraq suicide bombing kills eight |
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Eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the city of Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraqi police say. | Eight people have been killed in a suicide bombing near the city of Ramadi, in Iraq's Anbar province, west of Baghdad, Iraqi police say. |
Several policemen were among the dead. At least 14 other people were injured. | Several policemen were among the dead. At least 14 other people were injured. |
Ramadi was formerly an insurgency stronghold but attacks have fallen as Sunni tribal militias have joined the US and Iraqi government forces. | Ramadi was formerly an insurgency stronghold but attacks have fallen as Sunni tribal militias have joined the US and Iraqi government forces. |
Separately, the US military said an al-Qaeda leader named Abu Ghazwan had been killed in a raid north of Baghdad. | Separately, the US military said an al-Qaeda leader named Abu Ghazwan had been killed in a raid north of Baghdad. |
The US said Abu Ghazwan was a bomb-maker in charge of a number of al-Qaeda cells in northern Iraq. | |
He was said to have been shot dead during clashes between insurgents and US-backed Iraqi forces near the town of Tarmiyah, in Salahuddin province. | |
The suicide bombing took place either at a police station outside Ramadi or at a highway checkpoint, according to different reports. |
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