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Iraqi politician dies of wounds from suicide bombing
Dec 31, 2009, 9:48 GMT
Baghdad - An Iraqi politician has died of wounds he sustained in a twin suicide bombing outside a government building, police said Thursday.
Saadoun Dhiab died in hospital late on Wednesday night, police told the German Press Agency dpa. Dhiab was a member of the provincial council for the western al-Anbar province.
At least 30 people were killed when a man detonated explosives packed in his car and a second bomber detonated explosives strapped to his body outside the offices of al-Anbar governor Qassim Mohammed al-Fahadawi in the city of Ramadi on Wednesday.
Al-Fahadawi and Abbas al-Dulaimi, the deputy director of the Ramadi police, were among the 50 people injured in the blast. The two were being treated for serious injuries on Thursday, police told dpa.
The Baghdad-based Aswat al-Iraq news agency reported that doctors had amputated al-Fahadawi's hand.
Wednesday's attack was the deadliest in al-Anbar this year.
It was reported recently that the governor had expressed concern for his safety to a top official from the US military in Iraq.
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