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January 24, 2005
Bomb Wounds 10 Close to Iraqi PM's Office
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesBAGHDAD (Reuters) - A suicide car bomber struck close to Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party office on Monday, wounding at least 10 people in the latest guerrilla attack aimed at sabotaging Jan. 30 elections.
The militant group led by al Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, Washington's top foe in Iraq, claimed responsibility for the bombing in an Internet statement. "Your brothers in al Qaeda will continue their holy war until... they are either victorious or martyred," the statement said.
Officials in Allawi's office said the prime minister was not in the area of western Baghdad at the time of the blast near a checkpoint on a street leading to his office. Health Ministry officials said seven policemen and three civilians were wounded. Read more...
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