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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (287327)	5/17/2004 8:19:53 AM
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Suicide Attack Kills Head of Iraqi Governing Council VOA News 17 May 2004, 10:20 UTC A suicide car-bomb explosion in Baghdad has killed the head of the U.S.-appointed Iraqi Governing Council. The blast Monday killed Abdul Zahra Othman Mohammad, better known as Izzedin Salim, at a checkpoint just outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led coalition in the Iraqi capital. Officials said at least eight other people were killed by the blast, which struck a convoy carrying Mr. Salim - a Shi'ite Muslim who led the Islamic Dawa movement in the southern city of Basra. He was one of 25 members of the Iraqi Governing Council and was serving a one-month rotating term as president of the body. The council quickly named a successor to replace him. Sunni Muslim Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer from the northern city of Mosul will be council president until the scheduled June 30 transfer of sovereignty from the Unites States to Iraq. There has been no claim of responsibility for the attack, which U.S. administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer called a "vile act." He vowed to defeat the forces responsible for the bombing. Iraq's interim foreign minister, Hoshiyar Zebari, says the attack will only strengthen the resolve of those involved in the political process. U.S. officials said the suicide attack was carried out by a driver who pulled up next to Mr. Salim's car and detonated explosives. U.S. Brigadier Army General Mark Kimmitt says the blast was apparently caused by artillery rounds placed in the trunk of the bomber's vehicle. He says six Iraqis and two U.S. soldiers were wounded by the blast. Mr. Salim was the second Governing Council member killed since the group was formed last June. Aquila al-Hashimi, one of three women on the U.S.-appointed body was gunned down last September in an ambush near her home in Baghdad. Some information for this report provided by AP and AFP. Email this article to a friend. Printer Friendly Version Related Stories Powell Takes Lead in Defending US Policy in Iraq Powell Expects US Forces to Remain in Iraq for 'Considerable' Period of Time Coalition Forces in Iraq Continue Battling al-Sadr Loyalists US Troops to Stay in Iraq After June 30, Bush Says Bush Asks Congress for $25 Billion for Continued Iraq, Afghan Operations Rumsfeld: Abuse of Iraqi prisoners Is ‘Body Blow’ Rumsfeld in Iraq After Prison Scandal, Fighting Continues English - Worldwide Home\| About Us\| Contact VOANEWS\| Disclaimer & Privacy Notice\| Top of Page

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