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Suicide Bombers Kill 14 Iraqis in Surge of Violence

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Suicide bombers killed 14 members of Iraq's fledgling security forces near a U.S. marine base west of Baghdad and at a checkpoint to the north on Saturday amid a spate of insurgent attacks across the country.

The surge in violence underlined the scale of the task facing the U.S. military and Iraqi interim government, which have sworn to quell rebels ahead of elections due in January.

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