IED defused in Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: The bomb squad in Anbar province on Saturday defused an improvised explosive device (IED) planted on a roadside near al-Jumhuriya Bridge in western Falluja city without incident, a local police source said. “A local resident reported a weird object left on a roadside near al-Jumhuriya Bridge. The bomb experts rushed to the area and dismantled the charge without incident,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of Anbar, lies 45 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. AmR (P)/SR 3