Blast halts Iraq's access to Syria, Jordan

A truck bomb explosion on a key bridge in the western Iraqi province of Al Anbar, has halted traffic to Syria and Jordan, police say.

There were no reports of casualties in the early morning attack, which apparently targeted US troops outside the city of Ramadi, about 62 miles (100 km) west of the capital Baghdad.

"A truck was driven over the bridge on a highway in Ramadi at around 4:00 am (0100 GMT) and subsequently exploded," police Major Imad Abboud told AFP, adding that the highway is used heavily by the departing US military to transport equipment out of the country. It is also being used by local civilians.

A US military spokesman confirmed the blast, which came less than a week after a series of car bombings killed at least 19 people and injured more than 80 others in the region. However, he refused to comment on the possible impact of the destruction of the bridge on the United States' complete pullout from the country by August 2010.

In another development in the province, four Iraqi soldiers were killed and 14 others wounded after a roadside bomb hit an army convoy in the town of Falluja.

Source: PressTV.
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