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Kurdistan's Political prisoners
association chief escapes assassination bid
21.11.2007
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November
21, 2007
SULAIMANIYAH, Kurdistan Region 'Iraq', -- The
head of Kurdistan's Political Prisoners Association
survived an attempt on his life in Sulaimaniyah on
Wednesday morning, the deputy chief of the
association said.
"Ahmed Mam Rasoul survived an assassination attempt
when an explosive charge attached to his car blew up
while he was starting it this morning in front of
his house in Sulaimaniyah's Ranya district ," Omar
Mahmoud said.
Rasoul was slightly injured in the leg and is in a
stable condition, Mahmoud added.
The association, established after the 1991 popular
uprising, includes prisoners held by the former
Iraqi regime.
www.ekurd.net
Meanwhile, US-Iraqi joint forces executed raids in
Ba'ath neighborhood, southern Kirkuk, early this
morning. During the daylight raid, the forces
arrested a fugitive, two suspected terrorists and
confiscated a rifle.
Erbil, the capital city of Iraq's Kurdistan
province, lies 349 km northeast of the Iraqi capital
Baghdad, while Sulaimaniyah, Kurdistan's cultural
capital lies 364 northeast of Baghdad.
VOI
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