Clashes, suicide attack kill 5 in Iraq

Iraqi officials say clashes with militants and a suicide attack have killed five people, including three anti-Al-Qaeda Sunni fighters, in the embattled western Anbar province.

January 17, 2014

Sahoub Baghdadi







BAGHDAD— Iraqi officials say clashes with militants and a suicide attack have killed five people, including three anti-Al-Qaeda Sunni fighters, in the embattled western Anbar province. Hospital officials say a battle between security forces and Al-Qaeda fighters early on Friday in the city of Falluja, west of Baghdad, killed two civilians who were caught in the crossfire. Police officials say a suicide bomber detonated his explosives among a gathering of an anti-Al-Qaeda militia late Thursday in the Anbar provincial capital of Ramadi, killing three militiamen and wounding four. – AP


January 17, 2014
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