A car bomb went off nearby the headquarters of Islamic Dawa Party in Zafaraniyah area in southern Baghdad. A Ministry of Interior source told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) that the car bomb was detonated at about 3:00 p.m., noting that no property nor human losses were reported in the incident. Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maleki is member of the Islamic Dawa Party, led by former Iraqi Prime Minister Ibrahim Al-Jaafari.