At least 14 Iraq SWAT forces killed in explosives-rigged house


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  • Friday, 21 Mar 2014

RAMADI, Iraq (Reuters) - At least 14 Iraqi SWAT forces were killed on Thursday when they entered a house rigged with explosives in the western province of Anbar, where the army is engaged in a near-three month conflict with Sunni militants.

Security and medical sources said more than 20 SWAT entered the house in the provincial capital Ramadi after gunmen left the area. The building then blew up.

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