Monday, May 17, 2004
Iraqi Governing president killed in bombing!
If there is an Iraqi civil war, it's on our hands!
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The president of the Iraqi Governing Council was killed early Monday in a huge explosion set off by a suicide bomber outside the headquarters of the U.S.-led occupation authority here.
At least 10 Iraqis were killed and six were wounded, and two U.S. soldiers were slightly injured, in a devastating attack on Iraq’s political leaders six weeks before the scheduled handover of limited political power to a new Iraqi government.
The explosion killed Izzedine Salim, who had held the rotating presidency of the Governing Council since May 1 and was a leader of the Islamic Dawa Party, one of the most influential Shiite Muslim political factions in Iraq.
If there is an Iraqi civil war, it's on our hands!
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