(KUNA) -- A lone suicide attacker rammed a car packed with explosives into a police checkpoint in the governorate of Al-Anbar west of the Iraqi capital killing two policemen, sources said on Sunday. The Iraqi and American sources told KUNA the attack occurred late on Saturday in the region of Al-Saklawiah north of the provincial town of Al-Falloujah. The explosion killed two policemen and wounded four others.Meanwhile, the American Army said in a statement a US soldier was killed and eight others were wounded in a bomb blast in eastern Baghdad on October 18. The explosion occurred during a combat mission by the American forces. The casualty figure rose the death toll suffered by the American forces since 2003 to 3,833.
Also on October 18, the American forces found a large arms depot for the insurgents in the town of Al-Dallouiah north of Baghdad. The clandestine depot included 41,000 pounds of explosives, 35 artillery shells and 300 cases used for making bombs. Al-Dallouiah, loctaed in Salah Eddine governorate, is known as a major stronghold for Al-Qaeda.