Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq     

    TIKRIT, Iraq, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- The governor of Salahudin province north of Baghdad survived a twin roadside bomb attack near his procession in the provincial capital of Tikrit City on Monday, a source from the governor office said.

    "Two roadside bombs exploded in a quick succession near the procession of Hamad Humoud al-Qaisi, governor of Salahudin province, after he left his office to attend a meeting in the provincial council in Tikrit," the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

    The attack, which occurred on a main road in the center of Tikrit, 170 km north of Baghdad, wounded two of Qaisi's bodyguards and destroyed a vehicle from his procession, the source said.

    While Qaisi survived unhurt, he added.

    During the month, two Iraqi governors of Qadisiyah and Muthanna provinces in southern Iraq were killed by roadside bomb attacks.

    On Aug. 11, the governor of Qadisiyah province Khalil Jalil Hamza and police chief Maj. Gen. Khalid Hassan were killed in a roadside bomb attack near the southern town of Afak, while driving back to the provincial capital of Diwaniya from the funeral of a prominent tribal leader.

    Nine days later, a similar explosion killed Muhammad Ali Hassan, governor of Muthanna province, near the provincial capital of Samawa.