Shiite Politician Escapes Assassination
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A suicide car bomber killed 15 people Monday in trying to assassinate the head of Iraq's strongest Shiite party before parliamentary elections next month, while the biggest Sunni Muslim political group dealt a blow to ballot plans by withdrawing from the campaign because of the lack of security.
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Prime minister unharmed in coordinated assassination attempt but president in critical condition
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The former Prime Minister is killed by an assassin
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BAGHDAD, Nov. 18 -- Gunmen killed a prominent Shiite politician Saturday in what police and others said appeared to have been a sectarian assassination.
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A lawmaker who defied Syria and voted against extending President Emile Lahoud's term survived an assassination attempt Friday when a parked, explosives-rigged vehicle blew up in Beirut.
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A senior member of the US-backed Iraqi government was assasinated in a drive-by shooting by insurgents today. Deputy Governor of Baghdad Hatem Karim
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MOGADISHU, Somalia -- The transitional president of Somalia narrowly escaped assassination yesterday when a car bomb exploded as he left a converted grain silo that serves as the nation's makeshift Parliament.
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A leading Shiite political figure showed signs of unease on Thursday about the risks that the continuing violence here poses for the elections.
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A lawmaker who defied Syria and voted against extending President Emile Lahoud&#39;s term survived an assassination attempt Friday when a parked, explosives-rigged vehicle blew up in Beirut.
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Somalia's trade minister and former defense minister escaped assassination attempts, but two others were killed in the latest Iraq-style guerrilla attacks on government targets, witnesses said on Wednesday.
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A former Lebanese minister escaped an attempt on his life Friday in an explosion that hit his official car at Beirut&#39;s waterfront, security sources said.
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A suicide bomber detonated his car Monday at the gate to the home of the leader of Iraq&#39;s biggest political party, killing and wounding several of the guards but leaving the cleric unharmed, his spokesman said.
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U.S.-backed Prime Minister Ayad Allawi was trailing a Shiite ticket with ties to Iran in Iraq's historic election, according to partial returns released Friday. One U.S. soldier was killed and seven wounded in the north, and gunmen seized an Italian journalist in Baghdad.
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Gunmen have killed a senior official in Iraq&#39;s communication ministry as he was driving to work in central Baghdad. Kassim Imhawi was hit by gunmen who pulled up beside him as he travelled into the city from a western suburb.
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A Hamas member escaped an assassination attempt Monday after a bomb damaged his car in Damascus, in an incident that both Hamas and Syria blamed on Israel.
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He says the deputy governor (Hatim Kamil) was on his way to work Monday when he was assassinated in a drive-by shooting. Another Iraqi official says two of the man&#39;s bodyguards were wounded in the attack.
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TIKRIT, Iraq  - The governor of Iraq's Salahuddin province escaped an assassination attempt on Monday that, if successful, would have made him the third regional governor to be killed this month, police said.