Aug. 27, 2015 Two Iraqi Army generals in Anbar suicide bomb attack Suicide bomber in explosives-rigged vehicl

Aug. 27, 2015

Two Iraqi Army generals in Anbar suicide bomb attack

Suicide bomber in explosives-rigged vehicle kills deputy head of Anbar Operations Command, 10th Division commander Staff north of Ramadi.

Big blow to the Iraqi army

اقتباس :: Middle East Online BAGHDAD: A suicide bomber in an explosives-rigged vehicle killed two Iraqi army generals north of the Anbar provincial capital Ramadi on Thursday, a military spokesman said.

The bomber killed the deputy head of the Anbar Operations Command, Staff Major General Abdulrahman Abu Raghif, and 10th Division commander Staff Brigadier General Safin Abdulmajid, spokesman Brigadier General Yahya Rasool said.

A statement from the Joint Operations Command confirmed the deaths of the two officers along with an unspecified number of other "heroic martyrs".

Rasool said the attack took place in the Al-Jaraishi area north of Ramadi, a city the Islamic State jihadist group seized in May after pro-government forces had held out against militants for more than a year.

IS launched a devastating offensive in June 2014 that overran around a third of the country, sweeping security forces aside.

Baghdad's forces have managed to regain significant territory in two provinces north of Baghdad, but much of western Iraq, including Anbar province, remains outside government control.