Nine people killed in a suicide bomb blast in Anbar province; Six more people also killed in a roadside bomb blast in Basra
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    • According to reports, a suicide bomber targeted a bank in the northern Iraqi town of Haditha, killing at least nine and wounded eight people. It is believed to be the first major attack in the town since October 2009. Anbar province, where Haditha is situated, was once a stronghold for Sunni militants following the 2003 invasion of Iraq by US-led forces. It got infamy when US Marines were charged of killing 24 Iraqi civilians in 2005. But violence declined after tribal leaders allied themselves with US forces.1

    In another incident, a roadside bomb targeting a US military convoy exploded near a civilian bus in the southern oil hub of Basra, killing six people and wounding a dozen others, a provincial official said. According to Ali Al Maliki, the head of the Basra provincial council’s security committee, in the attack most of the victims were belong to women and children. Explosion happened near the prison and was targeting a US patrol.2

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