How Does Truck Bomb Destroys Key Bridge In Western Iraq?
BAGHDAD, Oct. 17 (Xinhua) — A suicide bomber blew up a truck bomb over a key bridge on the main highway west of Ramada, the capital city of Anbar province, while four soldiers were killed in separate incident near the city of Fallujah, a police source said Saturday. The suicide bombing destroyed the bridge of Warrar early in the morning in the al-Jazeera area west of Ramadi, some 110 km west of Baghdad, and caused the closure of the highway that links Iraq to the neighboring countries of Syria and Jordan, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. There were no casualties reported by the blast on the bridge, the source said. In a separate incident, a roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi Army patrol near the city of Fallujah, some 50 km west of Baghdad, killing four soldiers and wounding 13 others, the source added. A day earlier, insurgents blew up explosive charges on another bridge near the town of Amriyat al-Fallujah, near the city of Fallujah, destroying the bridge that lin
BAGHDAD – A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck destroyed a key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing U.S. military, while separate attacks killed nine Iraqis, most of them security force members, police said. There were no casualties in the blast that destroyed the bridge outside the city of Ramadi, which is about 70 miles (125 kilometers) west of Baghdad, said a local police officer. The highway is used heavily by the U.S. military to transport equipment out of the country. It is also a major roadway for civilian traffic. The highway links Iraq to neighboring Syria and Jordan, where many Iraqis fled to escape sectarian violence. Also Saturday, an attack on an Iraqi army convoy just outside of the city of Fallujah killed four Iraqi soldiers and wounded 14, said a police officer in the city, which is about 40 miles (65 kilometers) west of Baghdad. Both officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists. A U.S. milit
