Car Bombs in Iraqi Capital Kill 14, Falluja Standoff Continues

Two car bombs exploded in Baghdad on Sunday, killing at least 14 people, police and medics said, while a standoff between the Iraqi army and al-Qaida-linked militants in Falluja continued. No group claimed responsibility for the bombings, but Sunni Islamist insurgents have stepped up a violent campaign in the past year, engulfing Iraq in its worst bloodshed in five years. Sunday's deadliest blast killed nine people outside a bus terminal in the Allawi district of the capital,...

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