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Many wounded in Iraq suicide bomb Suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq
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A suicide bomber in Iraq's Anbar province has wounded 20 people in an attack on police recruits, police say. A suicide bomber in Iraq's Anbar province has killed 16 people and wounded 50 more at a security forces training centre, officials say
It is not yet clear if anyone was killed in the attack, which took place in the town of Habania, 25km (15 miles) east of the provincial capital, Ramadi. The bomber entered the centre's canteen and detonated a bomb, police said.
Anbar province was formerly an al-Qaeda stronghold after the US-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003. The attack took place in the town of Habania, 25km (15 miles) east of the provincial capital, Ramadi.
The province has been relatively calm since local Sunni tribes joined anti-insurgency "Awakening" groups in 2006. Anbar province was formerly an al-Qaeda stronghold after the US-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003, but has been relatively calm since 2006.
The relative calm has been credited to local Sunni tribes joining anti-insurgency "Awakening" groups and an increase in the number of US forces in Iraq.
There are still regular bombings in Iraq, but in March, a spokesman for the US-led Multi-National Forces in Iraq said the country had moved "from a very unstable to a stable position".