Baghdad Governor Survives Attack

World | September 7, 2004, Tuesday // 00:00
Baghdad Governor Survives Attack Iraqi soldiers rush an Iraqi explosive expert into a hospital after he was wounded in Baquba. Iraq was steeped in blood as a fledgling truce in a Baghdad rebel bastion was shattered by fresh fighting that left 40 killed. Photo by AFP

Baghdad's governor Ali Radhi al-Haydary survived an assassination attempt after fire was opened on his convoy and a car bomb exploded by the roadside. One bystander was killed in the attack, while the governor was unhurt. At around 9 am militants opened fire at his convoy and then detonated a car bomb... The governor is safe. There are victims but we don't know how many, an Iraqi officer said.

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