June 05, 2007

Car bomb near Iraq's Falluja kills 19: police | International | Reuters

Car bomb near Iraq's Falluja kills 19: police | International | Reuters: "BAGHDAD (Reuters) - At least 19 people were killed and 25 others were wounded when a suicide bomber blew up his car in a market just outside Iraq's western city of Falluja on Tuesday, police said.

Hospital sources said most of the victims were women and children.

A suicide bomber killed at least 20 people and wounded another 20 last week when he blew himself up in a queue of about 150 young men at a police recruitment centre in Diyala province.

Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, is in restive Anbar province, a stronghold of Sunni Arab insurgency." Read complete post here.