Suicide bombers kill 23 in western Iraq

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Source: RIA Novosti

At least 23 people were killed and 57 injured, including a provincial governor, in two separate suicide bombings in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi on Wednesday, Al Jazeera reported.

The first attack occurred at around 9:30 a.m. local time (06:30 GMT). A suicide bomber in a car blew himself at a traffic junction in the center of the city, the capital of the Anbar province, near administration buildings, the Arabic TV news channel said on its website.

Half an hour later a short distance away, another bomb exploded at the entrance to the provincial government offices, injuring Governor Qassim Mohammed Abid. A local police official was quoted as saying the bomb was detonated by a suicide bomber on foot.

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[sendero]

1. We'll be completely out..

... by the end of 2011.

Yeah, right. And whether we leave today or then, Iraq is going to be in turmoil.

[Soylent Brice]

2. K&R

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3. Iraq suicide bombing kills 25

Reporting from Baghdad and Ramadi, Iraq - A suicide bomb attack Wednesday in Anbar province's capital killed 25 people and wounded 100, including the governor. The attack raised fears that the devastating bloodletting that swept western Iraq several years ago may be returning.

Gov. Qassim Fahdawi had rushed to the scene of an earlier car bombing in Ramadi and was preparing to leave the site when the suicide bomber struck. The blast killed the governor's security advisor and wounded Fahdawi and at least one other member of the provincial council.

The attacker probably was a member of Fahdawi's own security detail, several officials said.

There were contradictory reports on whether two car bombs had exploded in the area before the suicide bomber walked up to Fahdawi and his entourage.

http://www.latimes.com/news/nation-and-world/la-fg-iraq-anbar31-2009dec31,0,3438978.story