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| Suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq | Suicide bomber kills 16 in Iraq |
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| A suicide bomber in Iraq's Anbar province has killed 16 people and wounded 50 more at a security forces training centre, officials say. | |
| The bomber entered the centre's canteen and blew himself up, police said. | |
| The attack took place in the town of Habania, 25km (15 miles) east of the provincial capital, Ramadi. | The attack took place in the town of Habania, 25km (15 miles) east of the provincial capital, Ramadi. |
| Anbar province was an al-Qaeda stronghold after the US-led invasion ousted Saddam Hussein in 2003, but has been relatively calm since 2006. | |
| Army officials told Reuters news agency the toll from the suicide blast was preliminary and would likely climb higher. | |
| The base in Habania is shared by the Iraqi military and US forces, Associated Press news agency said. | |
| It is not yet clear if any US troops were caught in the attack. | |
| 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". | 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". |
| The relative calm in Anbar has been credited to local Sunni tribes joining anti-insurgency "Awakening" groups and an increase in the number of US forces in Iraq. |