Suicide bomber kills 2 Iraqi generals in Anbar: Army
BAGHDAD - Agence France-Presse
Smoke rises following a U.S.-led coalition airstrike against Islamic State group positions during a military operation to regain control of the eastern suburbs of Ramadi, in Anbar province, Iraq, Saturday, Aug. 15, 2015. AP Photo
A suicide bomber in an explosives-rigged vehicle killed two Iraqi army generals north of the Anbar provincial capital Ramadi on Aug. 27, 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 told AFP.
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 of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) jihadist group seized in May after pro-government forces had held out against militants for more than a year.
ISIL 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.