Summary: Iraq’s western city of Ramadi, Anbar province, has declared a state of emergency and imposed a vehicle ban after several bomb attacks; bombs also exploded across Baghdad, killing 16 people and wounding dozens. … One-year retrospective: On the eighth day of his 2008 campaign against U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann for the Republican nomination as House of Representatives candidate in Minnesota’s 6th Congressional District, Aubrey Immelman reported being inundated with questionnaires from special interest groups and commented on the dim prospects for the Republican Party in the upcoming election and the bleak outlook for the GOP in the foreseeable future.