IED attack on cop’s house foiled in Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Police forces on Sunday foiled an improvised explosive device (IED) attack that targeted a policeman’s house in eastern Falluja city, according to a local police source. “On Sunday, forces from the emergency police in Karmat al-Falluja district defused an explosive device planted near the house of a senior officer in downtown Karmat al-Falluja, eastern Falluja city,” Lt. Col. Hatef Mohammed told IraqiNews.com news agency. “A security cordon has been put in place,” Mohammed noted, adding that the operation was carried out in light of intelligence tips from local residents. Falluja was a scene of armed conflict between U.S. and Iraqi forces on the one hand and al-Qaeda gunmen on the other. Falluja, the largest city in Anbar, lies 45 km west of Baghdad; while Ramadi, the capital of the province, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. SS (P) 1