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  • In the deadliest incident, authorities say gunmen killed five officers early Sunday in a drive-by shooting on a police checkpoint near the desert town of Rutba.

    Gunmen Kill 6 Iraqi Policemen 2011

  • At Rutba Wells, in the heart of Anbar Province, she found to her distress that the British military garrison served “salmon mayonnaise and other refinements,” including custard and jelly.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • In the deadliest incident, authorities say gunmen killed five officers early Sunday in a drive-by shooting on a police checkpoint near the desert town of Rutba.

    Gunmen Kill 6 Iraqi Policemen 2011

  • At Rutba Wells, in the heart of Anbar Province, she found to her distress that the British military garrison served “salmon mayonnaise and other refinements,” including custard and jelly.

    Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

  • Some Iraqi civilians saw what had happened, pulled over, put all the injured people into the back of a pick-up truck and took them to Rutba.

    A Christian In Iraq 2007

  • Marines and one sailor were killed after their helicopter crashed in the early hours of Wednesday morning near the town of Rutba in a remote part of western Iraq.

    CNN Transcript Jan 26, 2005 2005

  • Two of our Marines were killed in a firefight in the town of Rutba in western Iraq, and an American soldier was killed in a shooting incident in Mosul.

    CNN Transcript Oct 18, 2005 2005

  • On Tuesday, insurgents killed five police officers at a checkpoint in the town of Rutba in the western Anbar province, police and hospital officials said.

    SFGate: Don Asmussen: Bad Reporter By BARBARA SURK 2012

  • A police officer says Tuesday's assault occurred in the Anbar province town of Rutba as the police were guarding the highway that links Iraq to neighboring Jordan.

    Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion 2012

  • A police officer said the assault occurred in the Anbar province town of Rutba as the police were guarding the highway that links Iraq with neighboring Jordan.

    The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com The Huffington Post News Editors 2012

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