A map locating the western Iraqi city of Fallujah. Car bombers killed at least 15 people in a former rebel bastion on Thursday as Iraq's security pact with Washington won final approval before its launch at the end of the month. (AFP/Graphic)From Yahoo News/AFP:
FALLUJAH, Iraq (AFP) – Car bombers killed at least 15 people in a former rebel bastion on Thursday as Iraq's security pact with Washington won final approval before its launch at the end of the month.
The presidential council gave its blessing to the landmark pact, which requires that all US troops withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011 and was made possible in part by dramatic improvements in security over the past year.
But at least 15 people were killed and almost 150 wounded in two suicide car bombings targeting Iraqi police posts in the former insurgent stronghold of Fallujah on Thursday in a brutal reminder of the country's lingering violence.
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My Comment: People will continue to be killed for a long period of tine .... but the war is clearly winding down.