Falluja blast kills, wounds 7

ANBAR / IraqiNews.com: Three children were killed and four persons were wounded in an explosive charge attack that ripped through Falluja city on Wednesday. “An improvised explosive device (IED) planted by unknown men in front of the house of Sheikh Ahmed Rashed, a leader in Falluja’s Albo Issa tribes, killed three children and wounded four persons, including a woman,” a security source told IraqiNews.com. The wounded were taken to nearby hospitals and a police cordon was set up around the location, the source added. The source did not provide further details of the motivations behind the attack. Ramadi, the capital of Anbar province, 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. Anbar is overwhelmingly Sunni Muslim Arab. Anbar’s main cities are Falluja, the capital Ramadi, 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. SS (S) 1