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January 4, 2005
Governor of Baghdad assassinated
Topics: Middle East News and PerspectivesBBC News UK Jan 4.
Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri has been shot dead in a roadside ambush in the Iraqi capital, the highest-profile assassination there since May.
Attackers shot at his armoured-plated car from different directions as his convoy drove through northern Baghdad.
Violence has been escalating ahead of elections planned for 30 January.
In a separate incident, at least 10 people have been killed and more than 50 others injured in a bomb blast at a police post in Baghdad, officials say.
Reports say a truck caused the blast near the Green Zone, the heavily fortified government and diplomatic compound.
The morning explosion shook the city and plunged the immediate area into an inferno, says BBC correspondent Jim Muir in Baghdad. Continue reading...
Posted by Hyscience at January 4, 2005 5:49 AM
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