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| Bombing near Iraq ex-PM's office | Bombing near Iraq ex-PM's office |
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| A suicide bomber has detonated a car in Baghdad, near the office of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, police say. | A suicide bomber has detonated a car in Baghdad, near the office of former Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi, police say. |
| Two guards were killed in the attack in western Baghdad. | Two guards were killed in the attack in western Baghdad. |
| Mr Allawi - a Shia who was PM between June 2004 and April 2005 - is not believed to have been at the office at the time of the explosion. | |
| Violence in the Iraqi capital has dropped significantly following a US troop surge earlier in the year. | Violence in the Iraqi capital has dropped significantly following a US troop surge earlier in the year. |