Strong blast rocks Ramadi

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A powerful blast jolted the city of Ramadi, leaving unspecified number of casualties, a police source said on Thursday. “The blast took place near the Anbar provincial building in central Anbar,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. The cause of the blast was not immediately clear. The attack comes weeks before a March 7 parliamentary election. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. SH (P)/SR 1