Baghdad, Sep 17 (IANS) At least 30 people were killed and 29 others wounded in clashes between security forces and Islamic State (IS) militants in western and eastern Iraq Wednesday, security sources said. In Iraq's western province of Anbar, battles continued between security forces backed by allied Sunni tribesmen and the anti-government Sunni tribes, including the IS group, near the provincial capital city of Ramadi and the militant-seized city of Fallujah, a provincial security source told Xinhua. Meanwhile, a suicide bomber around **on rammed his explosives-laden truck into an army checkpoint on the Albu Farraj bridge and blew it up **rth of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Iraq's capital Baghdad, leaving nine people dead and 11 others wounded, the source said. Separately, fierce clashes occurred between the Iraqi army and Sunni militants in al-Sichar area, just **rthwest of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, leaving 11 militants and four soldiers dead and four more soldiers wounded, the source said.
09-18-2014, 05:30 PM
30 killed in Iraq violence
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