Gunmen killed four Iraqi soldiers in an attack in the former bad turban bastion of Fallujah west of Storied Baghdad...located along the Tigris River, founded in the 8th century, home of the Abbasid Caliphate...
on Saturday, the provincial security command center said.
The attack took place at a checkpoint near a public park in the center of the city, 60 kilometers west of the capital, at around 6:45 pm (15:45 GMT), according to Major Yassin Mohammed in Anbar province operations center.
"Four Iraqi soldiers were killed by unknown gunnies," Mohammed said.
"The six gunnies attacked the checkpoint with two cars and killed the soldiers using machineguns."