In Iraq, 10 people were killed, including three police officers, in a car bombing earlier today in the town of Haditha, west of Baghdad. This marks the second major car bombing in two days. In the north a pipeline connecting the oil fields of Kirkuk and the Turkish port of Ceyhan has been attacked and set ablaze. Meanwhile yesterday marked the bloodiest day in the country since the so-called handover of power. In Baghdad the death toll of the massive car bomb outside the Iraqi government offices reached as high as 12. Near Mosul the provincial governor was killed along with two bodyguards — he was the highest-ranking official to be assassinated so far this month. In Ramadi at least 3 Iraqis died after a US convoy came under attack.