BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Iraq suicide bombing 'kills 15'

BBC NEWS | Special Reports | Iraq suicide bombing 'kills 15': "At least 15 people have been killed in a suicide car bomb attack near the Iraqi city of Falluja, police and the US military said.

At least 13 people were also wounded when the attacker detonated the car bomb in a market place, they said.

The attack came as the US admitted its security 'surge' in and around Baghdad faced serious challenges.

A US security review said coalition forces controlled fewer than one-third of Baghdad's neighbourhoods.

One report said the market bomb in Amiriyah, in Anbar province, targeted elders of the al-Buissa tribe, most of whom are anti-al-Qaeda.

Police told the Associated Press news agency the bomb exploded as the elders met to try to resolve a tribal dispute in the town, 65km (40 miles) west of Baghdad.

In another incident, Iraqi police said they shot dead a suspected suicide bomber as she tried to detonate her bomb at a Baghdad recruitment centre. The shots triggered her explosive belt, police said.

Three police recruits received minor wounds from the explosion. The woman died." Read complete post here.