BAGHDAD, Nov. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- At least 45 Iraqis were killed Tuesday when insurgents attacked three police stations in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, medical sources and witnesses said.

    "Forty-five bodies had arrived at the morgue and the hospital had received 32 wounded," said a medical source in Baquba hospital.

    The police said insurgents attacked three police stations in the city, killing 25 policemen and wounding dozens.

    They said the attacks targeted the Wahda, Tahrir and Mafraq police stations in Baquba, some 65 km northeast of Baghdad.

    Insurgents also distributed leaflets, warning people not to cooperate with the government or go to schools, according to residents.

    The deadly attacks came as the US Marines backed by Iraqi forceswere punching into the restive city of Fallujah, 50 km west of Baghdad.      Enditem