- BAGHDAD: The governor of Iraq’s western Anbar province on Monday survived at least a fourth assassination attempt in just over a year, escaping unharmed a suicide attack that left six people wounded, police and health officials said.
Gov. Qasim Al-Fahadawi, a former businessman who has friendly ties with the US military in Anbar, lost an arm and underwent intensive surgery to rebuild his leg after a suicide bomber struck his Ramadi office in December 2009.
Monday’s attack took place in Ramadi, the provincial capital located some 115 km west of Baghdad, when the bomber rammed his car into Al-Fahadawi’s 12-vehicle convoy.
Al-Fahadawi was not hurt in the blast, but three of his guards and three bystanders were wounded, a police official said. A health official confirmed the casualties.