DESPITE WHAT FOX NEWS SAYS THE IRAQ WAR IS NOT OVER. 12 KILLED SUNDAY IN ANBAR PROVINCE BOMBINGS

IRAQ: 12 killed in Anbar bombings

SAMEER N. YACOUB
The Associated Press

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BAGHDAD - A series of bombings killed at least 12 people and wounded dozens more Sunday in the western Iraqi city of Ramadi, said police and hospital officials, a worrying sign that violence maybe on the rise in this former hotbed of the insurgency.

The first explosion occurred in a parking lot near the police headquarters for Anbar province and the provincial council building in the city of Ramadi, said a Ramadi police official.

As police and bystanders rushed to the scene, a suicide bomber on a motorcycle blew himself up among the crowds, said the police official. According to the official, a third explosion took place later but there were few details available.

Secondary explosions timed to kill rescuers and security forces responding to an earlier bomb were a hallmark of Al-Qaida in Iraq forces during the height of the insurgency.

The police official said 16 people were killed in the explosions, while an official at the Ramadi hospital said 12 bodies were brought to the hospital.