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Iraq |
Ten killed in twin bombing in western Iraq |
2009-12-31 |
![]() A car bomb went off in the morning outside the provincial council in Ramadi, the capital city of Anbar province, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. Afterwards, Qassim Mahmmed Abid, governor of the province, and some senior officials of the provincial council left their offices to the entrance of the council to see the site of the car bombing. Suddenly, a suicide bomber blew his explosive vest among the group, killing the governor and Brigadier Abbas, a senior provincial officer, along with eight others, the source said. More than 30 people were also wounded by the blasts, the source added. |
Posted by:Steve White |