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BAGHDAD – A bomb hit a motorcade carrying Iraq’s first lady through Baghdad on Sunday, while the U.S. military said a roadside explosion killed four Marines in the deadliest attack in western Anbar province in months.

The motorcade bombing in Baghdad’s Karrada district injured four of Hiro Ibrahim Ahmed’s bodyguards but left her unharmed, according to the office of her husband, President Jalal Talabani.

She was headed to the city’s central National Theater to attend a cultural festival when the attack occurred just before noon, said the presidential office. It was unclear if she was the target or if the bombing was random.

(AP contributed to this report)