Meanwhile...

Guardian:

A suicide bomber blew himself up in the lobby of a high-rise hotel in Baghdad today, killing 12 people and injuring 18 others.

The bombing, at the Mansour hotel in the city centre, was one of at least four separate bomb attacks in Iraq today that left more than 40 people dead.

Up to six Sunni tribal leaders from the western Anbar province could be among the victims at the Mansour hotel, the US military said.