Violence is down across Iraq from its peak in 2006-2007, but attacks remain common A bomb attached to a military bus has exploded, killing 15 Iraqi soldiers and wounding 20 others at an army base in western Iraq on Wednesday. The explosion took place at an Iraqi military base in Habaniya, near Falluja.
\"The soldiers finished their academic training and a bus took them to have breakfast at the restaurant in the base. When the bus reached the restaurant it exploded,\" an army source said. In a separate incident, at least another 25 people were wounded after a bomb exploded close to restaurants and coffee shops in the town of al-Hamza, 100km south of Baghdad, Reuters reported. Although violence in Iraq has decreased from its peak in 2006-2007, there has been a marked increase in violence against the Iraqi army and police force as the US continues its withdrawal. 45 Iraqi police and 39 soldiers were killed across Iraq in August, according to Iraqi government figures. The US is scheduled to withdraw fully by December 31 this year.