RAMADI, Feb 3, SPA -- The governor of Iraq's troubled Anbarprovince escaped an assassination attempt Thursday when aroadside bomb exploded near his car, police said. The blast narrowly missed Gov. Fassal Qaoud al-Namrawi'svehicle shortly after he left his house in the insurgent-stronghold of Ramadi, the capital city of the western Anbar province. No one in the car was hurt, but his bodyguards opened fireafter the blast, wounding a woman bystander, police said.--SPA1459 Local Time 1159 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/236520