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Suicide car bomb kills 5 soldiers in Iraq

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31-01-2014 | 09:51

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Iraqi authorities said a suicide car bomb has killed five Iraqi soldiers and destroyed a bridge in the embattled western province of Anbar.

Two police officials said the bomber rammed his explosive-laden car into an army checkpoint stationed on a bridge in the town of Hit on Friday. Another three people were wounded. The police officials said that the bridge then collapsed into the Euphrates river.

Hit is 140 kilometers (85) miles west of the capital.

Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they are not authorized to speak to media.

Violence has escalated in Iraq over the past year, particularly since late last month after authorities dismantled a Sunni anti-government protest camp in Anbar and arrested a Sunni lawmaker.

Earlier, three rockets were fired at Baghdad's heavily guarded international airport, hitting a runway and plane but causing no casualties, a security source said.

Air traffic was not disrupted, but the ability of militants to strike such a site is likely to heighten concerns about the vulnerability of Iraq's vital infrastructure as security deteriorates across the country.

One of the rockets landed outside the airport perimeter, but a second struck the runway and the third hit a plane, the source said. No group claimed responsibility for the attack.

Sunni Islamist militants including an al Qaeda affiliated group have been regaining momentum in Iraq over the past year, driving violence to its highest level in five years, with more than 9,000 people killed in 2013.

The Iraqi army has been engaged in a month-long standoff with anti-government fighters who overran the city of Falluja on Jan. 1. On Thursday, suicide bombers stormed a ministry building in the capital, killing 24 people including themselves.

REUTERS/AP

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