8 soldiers injured in car bomb attack near Falluja

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Eight Iraqi soldiers were wounded in a car bomb attack on a military site southwest of Falluja city on Friday, a police source said. “A car bomb blew up in the Iraqi army’s al-Sibtayn Brigade headquarters in the area of al-Habbaniya, southwest of Falluja, on Friday evening, leaving eight wounded,” the source, who is from Habbaniya police station, told IraqiNews.com on condition of anonymity. “Three of the eight wounded soldiers are in a serious condition and are now received treatment at a hospital,” the source said, adding the blast also caused damage at the brigade headquarters. He did not give more information about the explosion. Falluja, the largest city in the predominantly Sunni province of al-Anbar, lies 45 km west of the Iraqi capital Baghdad. Ramadi, Anbar’s capital city, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. Anbar is the largest province in Iraq geographically. Encompassing much of the country’s western territory, it shares borders with Syria, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. In addition to Falluja and Ramadi, Anbar’s main cities are Haditha, Hit, Aana and Rutba. The name of the province translates “granaries,” as this region was the primary entrepôt on the western borders of Lakhmid Kingdom. The province was known as Dulaim until 1962 when it was changed to Ramadi. In 1976 it was renamed al-Anbar. AmR (S) 1