At least 11 killed in Iraqi suicide bombing

A suicide bomber has killed at least 11 people and wounded 21 others in Iraq. The blast happened in the country's increasingly turbulent western Anbar province.

Up to 11 people were killed and 21 others wounded when a suicide car bomb  on Thursday struck a security checkpoint outside provincial government  offices in Ramadi, capital of western Iraq's Anbar province, a provincial police source and witnesses said.(Xinhua/Reuters )

It comes weeks before a March 7th parliamentary vote that al Qaeda's allies in Iraq have threatened to derail. That's also led to fears of more violence to come as politicians and candidates gear up for the election. Once a safe-haven for Sunni Islamist insurgent groups, the mainly Sunni Anbar province had been relatively calm since tribal leaders turned on militants from late 2006. However, a series of blasts in the province in recent months have shattered the calm in the run up to the national vote.