In Iraq, eight people, including an anti-terror police chief, have been killed in bomb attacks on houses in the town of Heet in western Anbar province. Police said, early this morning insurgents blew up three houses of two police officers, including Major Walid al-Heeti, chief of the town's anti-terror office, and a lawyer. The blasts killed al-Heeti, another police officer and the lawyer, along with four others, including two children. Seven people were also wounded by the blasts, most of whom were women and children. The blasts also caused severe damages to two more houses which were very close to two of the three bombed houses.