“My colleagues fell down all around me, the office became completely dark and then I found myself in the hospital.” Shortly after the attacks, Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki visited the site of the provincial government attack, where he spoke to officials and security officers. "These cowardly terrorist attacks must not affect the determination of the Iraqi people to continue their struggle against the remnants of the dismantled regime and Al-Qaeda terrorists, who committed a brutal crime against civilians" Maliki said in a later statement. Full Article at livemint.com