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| Deadly bombings rock central Iraq | Deadly bombings rock central Iraq |
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| At least 12 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in central Iraq, officials say. | At least 12 people have been killed in a series of bomb attacks in central Iraq, officials say. |
| A car bomb in Husseiniya, an eastern suburb of the capital Baghdad, left at least four people dead, police said. | A car bomb in Husseiniya, an eastern suburb of the capital Baghdad, left at least four people dead, police said. |
| Another explosion at a police station in Fallujah, to the west, killed four people, including three members of a local Sunni Awakening Council. | |
| And in Baiji, north of Baghdad, a roadside bomb blast is reported to have killed at least four policemen. | And in Baiji, north of Baghdad, a roadside bomb blast is reported to have killed at least four policemen. |
| Dozens more people were hurt in the attacks, which come amid a wave of violence that has left more than 200 people dead in the past two weeks. | Dozens more people were hurt in the attacks, which come amid a wave of violence that has left more than 200 people dead in the past two weeks. |
| The bomb in Fallujah is believed to have been detonated as members of an Awakening Council gathered to receive their salaries. | |
| Awakening Councils, which were set up by Sunnis to combat insurgents linked to al-Qaeda, have been seen as a key factor in reducing violence across the country since 2006. | |
| The violence of the last two weeks was sparked by an army raid on a Sunni anti-government protest camp near the northern town of Hawija on Tuesday that left 50 people dead. | |
| Although the violence is less deadly than that seen during the heights of the insurgency in 2006 and 2007, it is the most widespread since the US military withdrawal in 2011. |