Assassination of Iraqi PM Foiled

World | January 13, 2005, Thursday // 00:00

The Iraqi army has prevented an attempt on the life of Iraqi interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, Russian ITAR TASS agency reported, citing a statement of Iraq's Defense Ministry. The "Islam army in Iraq" plotted to assassinate Iyad Allawi during his visit to the Al Anbar Province, the statement says. Two days earlier Ayad Allawi publicly acknowledged that parts of Iraq probably won't be safe enough for people to vote in the Jan. 30 elections, and he announced plans to boost the size of the country's army from 100,000 to 150,000 men by year's end. The prime minister said at a news conference that "hostile forces are trying to hamper this event."

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