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To: tejek who wrote (185250)	3/21/2004 1:56:02 PM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1577919

Mar. 21, 2004. 01:24 PM Afghan assassination sparks bloodbath Slain politician's father unhurt in separate attack STEPHEN GRAHAM ASSOCIATED PRESS KABUL - Attackers killed Afghanistan’s aviation minister in the western city of Herat today, and factional fighting that followed killed as many as 100 people, Herat’s senior military commander said. In Kabul, President Hamid Karzai’s cabinet convened in emergency session after gunmen killed Aviation Minister Mirwais Sadiq. Extra troops were sent from the capital to try to calm the city. Sadiq is the third leading figure of Karzai’s government, and the second aviation minister, to be assassinated. Sadiq - son of Herat’s powerful governor, Ismail Khan - was shot in his car in Afghanistan’s main western city this afternoon, presidential spokesperson Khaleeq Ahmed said. A top local military commander, Zaher Naib Zada, told The Associated Press his forces killed Sadiq in a confrontation at Zada’s Herat home. Heavy gunbattles broke out between forces loyal to Khan and Zada’s soldiers after the killing. Zada said a total of between 50 and 100 soldiers died on both sides in the first hours of fighting. thestar.com