Two Iraqi police killed in 'dirty bomb' attacks

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BAGHDAD (AFP) — Two Iraqi policemen were killed on Wednesday in multiple attacks on a local government building in the former rebel town of Fallujah, including truck bombs loaded with chlorine gas, officials said.

Police Captain Abdul Sattar al-Jumaili said two policemen were killed and one civilian was wounded in a coordinated attack.

US military officer First Lieutenant Shawn Mercer told AFP from Fallujah that two suicide truck bombers exploded chlorine gas close to the building.

"The bombers were engaged by the Iraqi police," he said, adding that the insurgents also used mortars and small arms fire in the attack.

The building also houses a joint Iraqi-US civil and military centre, which usually acts as a window for unemployed Iraqis searching for...