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| Deadly bombings strike Iraqi city | Deadly bombings strike Iraqi city |
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| Two suspected suicide car bombs have exploded in the Iraqi city of Falluja killing at least 15 people and injuring dozens more, police have said. | |
| The attacks targeted two police positions, both of which were badly damaged in the blasts, officials said. | The attacks targeted two police positions, both of which were badly damaged in the blasts, officials said. |
| Falluja is in the western province of Anbar, which was the centre of a Sunni-led rebellion against US forces after the 2003 invasion. | Falluja is in the western province of Anbar, which was the centre of a Sunni-led rebellion against US forces after the 2003 invasion. |
| The US military said the blasts took place shortly before noon (0900 GMT). | The US military said the blasts took place shortly before noon (0900 GMT). |
| The bombers attacked police centres in the western neighbourhood of Golan and the eastern area of Shurta within minutes of each other, a security official told the AFP news agency. | The bombers attacked police centres in the western neighbourhood of Golan and the eastern area of Shurta within minutes of each other, a security official told the AFP news agency. |
| The explosions happened outside concrete barriers protecting the two police posts, reports say. | The explosions happened outside concrete barriers protecting the two police posts, reports say. |
| A senior police officer told the Associated Press that one of the police posts had been levelled and several nearby houses badly damaged. | A senior police officer told the Associated Press that one of the police posts had been levelled and several nearby houses badly damaged. |
| Correspondents described seeing bodies strewn across the ground. | Correspondents described seeing bodies strewn across the ground. |
| Security forces are said to have imposed a curfew in both areas. | Security forces are said to have imposed a curfew in both areas. |
| Falluja, 40 miles (64km) west of Baghdad, is largely sealed off by checkpoints. It has been relatively peaceful in recent months although attacks have continued. | Falluja, 40 miles (64km) west of Baghdad, is largely sealed off by checkpoints. It has been relatively peaceful in recent months although attacks have continued. |
| On 9 November, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in front of a hospital near Falluja, killing a woman, a doctor and his wife. | On 9 November, a female suicide bomber detonated her explosives in front of a hospital near Falluja, killing a woman, a doctor and his wife. |