Militants attack Iraqi, US forces with chlorine bombs

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FALLUJA, Iraq - Insurgents with two chlorine truck bombs attacked a local government building in Falluja, western Iraq, on Wednesday and 15 Iraqi and US security forces were injured, the US military said.

“Numerous Iraqi soldiers and policemen are being treated for symptoms such as laboured breathing, nausea, skin irritation and vomiting that are synonymous with chlorine inhalation,” a US statement said.

It said no Iraqi or US forces were killed in what it called a “complex attack” using mortars and small arms as well as the truck bombs.

Earlier Iraqi police said two car bombs exploded near an Iraqi checkpoint outside a US military base in Falluja, killing eight Iraqi soldiers.