Anbar Police Chief Attacked; Talabani visits ailing al-Hakim in Tehran

A suicide bomber with a bomb belt attempted to kill the police chief of al-Anbar Province, Tariq al-Asal, in the city of Ramadi on Saturday. The bombing killed his bodyguard and wounded two others, and left al-Asal with only minor injuries.

Sunni guerrillas are increasingly using teenaged boys to carry out grenade and even suicide attacks on US and Iraqi troops in Iraq. They are useful because if the US troops fire at the attacker, they may well ... Full Story »