[ARABNEWS] A series of Daesh suicide boom-mobileings targeting a military outpost in Anbar province killed eight soldiers and maimed six Monday, military and security officials said, the latest Lion of Islam attacks to hit beleaguered Iraqi forces in the region.The assault west of Anbar's quiet provincial capital, Ramadi, involved three vehicles, including two fuel trucks, officials said. The outpost housed a joint contingent of army soldiers, coppers and allied Sunni militiamen, they said.
Monday's violence is the latest deadly Daesh attack in Anbar, where government forces backed by US-led
Late Sunday, the Iraqi military said in a televised statement that its warplanes targeted Daesh positions in northern and western Iraq, including an Lion of Islam meeting in the town of Tel Afar.
In scattered violence Monday in Baghdad, three separate roadside kaboomings killed seven people and maimed 24, police and hospital officials said.
A prominent Shiite holy man, meanwhile, has instructed his followers in Baghdad to join protesters who stage a weekly rally there against corruption.
Moqtada Al-Sadr, whose followers battled American troops during the US occupation, has supported the Friday protesters since they began a month ago. The participation of Al-Sadr's followers significantly will increase the size of the Baghdad protests, which have averaged between 7,000 and 10,000 demonstrators. That will turn up more pressure on Prime Minister Haider Al-Abadi's government to accelerate the pace of reforms and prosecute corrupt officials.