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To: tejek who wrote (214226)	1/4/2005 3:26:30 AM
From: tejek	Respond to of 1586861

Baghdad governor assassinated From correspondents in Baghdad January 04, 2005 BAGHDAD governor Ali al-Haidri was assassinated by gunmen in the capital today, police and hospital sources said. Haidri is the most senior Iraqi official to be assassinated in Baghdad since the head of the Governing Council was killed by a suicide bomb in May last year. Also in Baghdad today, a suicide bomber rammed a fuel truck into a checkpoint near the fortified Green Zone, killing six Iraqis as insurgents kept up their bloody campaign to sabotage a January 30 national election. The bombing, which also wounded 40 people, brought fresh scenes of bloodshed and destruction to the capital a day after 17 security men were killed in a string of ambushes and explosions across the country. The attacks were the latest in a drive by Sunni insurgents trying to force out US-led forces, cripple the American-backed interim government and scare voters away from the polls. Iraqi leaders say insurgents also want to provoke sectarian civil war. The powerful explosion hit a roadblock manned by police and National Guards on the outskirts of the Green Zone, a sprawling complex housing the Iraqi government and the US and British embassies, police and witnesses said. The choice of targets again showed the vulnerability of Iraq's fledgling security forces, raising questions of how they can protect voters when they can hardly protect themselves. continued............ theaustralian.news.com.au