[An Nahar] The governor of Iraq's western Anbar province on Monday survived at least a fourth liquidation attempt in just over a year, escaping unharmed a suicide kaboom that left six people maimed, police and health officials said.Gov. Qasim al-Fahadawi, a former businessman who has friendly ties with the U.S. military in Anbar, lost an arm and underwent intensive surgery to rebuild his leg after a jacket wallah struck his Ramadi office in December 2009.
Monday's attack took place in Ramadi, the quiet provincial capital located some 70 miles (115 kilometers) west of Storied Baghdad, when the bomber rammed his car into al-Fahadawi's 12-vehicle convoy.
Al-Fahadawi was not hurt in the blast, but three of his guards and three bystanders were maimed, a police official said. A health official confirmed the casualties.
Anbar province, a Sunni Mohammedan stronghold that was once infested with al-Qaeda, was the birthplace of the government-backed militia known as Sahwa, or Sons of Iraq.
Ramadi has long been a scene of sporadic suicide kabooms by al-Qaeda against local security and civilian officials, mainly against the government's provincial headquarters. In December, suicide kabooms outside the headquarters killed 26 over two days of violence.