Ban on bikes, vehicles in Ramadi

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: A ban on vehicles, bikes and motorbikes has been imposed in eastern Ramadi in the aftermath of a series of blasts that targeted houses in al-Khalidiya district, a police source said. “The ban has been imposed as a precautionary measure to search the whole region after the blasts near three houses, during which nine people were killed and ten were wounded,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. “Security forces have intensified their deployment in the city,” he added. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar, lies 110 km west of Baghdad. SH (P) 3