Suicide bomber in Iraq's Falluja kills at least 11

Falluja (Iraq), Mar 10: A suicide truck bomb struck a checkpoint manned by US soldiers and Iraqi security forces in the former Sunni stronghold of Falluja today (Mar 10, 2006), killing at least 11, including five police, police said.

There was no immediate word from the US military on the blast in eastern Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad.

Police said six civilians were killed as the bomb ripped through a line of vehicles.

REUTERS