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| Iraq |
| Iraqi MP escapes assassination attempt |
| 2007-04-02 |
| An Iraqi lawmaker has escaped unscathed from a roadside bomb attack that wounded two of his bodyguards. Omar Abdul Sattar, from the Iraqi Islamic Party, was traveling in a convoy when the bomb exploded near the vehicles and party office in Baghdad on Sunday, AFP reported. "He escaped unhurt but two of his bodyguards were wounded," said one official, adding that the attack happened in the capital's Yarmuk district. Sattar is the second senior official in Iraq's government to be the target of an assassination attempt in less than 10 days. Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zubayi was wounded on March 24 in a double bomb attack near his residence in Baghdad. He had to undergo surgery in a U.S. combat hospital and is now recuperating in Jordan. |
| Posted by:Fred |