Iraq had intelligence of possible parl't attack-source

Iraqi authorities had intelligence that militants were planning an attack on parliament before a suicide bombing at the building, a senior government source said on Friday.

The attack on Thursday, which the US military blamed on al Qaeda, killed one lawmaker and wounded two dozen other people. Some visitors said security had been tightened at the building, with sniffer dogs used earlier in the day. "We had prior intelligence that there would be an attack on the parliament," the source told Reuters, without specifying when or how the information had been received. (Reuters)