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Vol. 5 Num 979 Fri. March 02, 2007  
   
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Car bomb kills 5 guests at Iraqi wedding


A car bomb targeting a convoy of cars carrying guests at the wedding of an Iraqi policemen killed five people and wounded 10 in the western city of Falluja yesterday, a police source said.

The source said the victims were guests driving in procession behind the bride and groom, as is traditional at Iraqi weddings.

Falluja is in Iraq's western province of Anbar where US and Iraqi forces are battling a fierce insurgency by al Qaeda and other Sunni Arab militant groups. Police are frequently the target of bombers seeking to discourage recruitment.