Africa | America | Asia | Australasia | Europe | India | Middle East | UK | US

Basra military commander, police chief survive attack

Posted : Sat, 03 Nov 2007 09:43:00 GMT
By : DPA
Category : Middle East (World)
News Alerts by Email ( click here )
Middle East World News | Home
Baghdad - A senior Iraqi army officer and a police chief survived an assassination attempt on their motorcade in Basra Saturday, an Iraqi police spokesman said. An explosive charge targeted the motorcade of Iraqi military operations commander in Basra Mohan Hafez and provisional police chief Abdul-Jalil Najiya in Basra city, 590 kilometres south of Baghdad. Four security guards were wounded, two of them seriously, the source added.

This is the second attack on the military commander and the seventh on the police chief since Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki appointed them three months ago.

The Iraqi government is expected to take over Basra's security from British forces in mid-December.

Copyright DPA

Share/Save/Bookmark

Article : Basra military commander, police chief survive attack
Print this article
Email this article

Stay Updated
News gadget on your Google homepage
Subscribe to a news feed in Google Reader


Related News



Have your Say
Name
Email
Subject
Your Comment

Enter Verification code
 
  


 

More Middle East (World) News click here
Follow The Earth Times
Subscribe to RSS Follow Earth Times on TwitterNews by email
Share/Save/Bookmark

 
 



 
Subscribe to free Earthtimes
News Alerts by Email Click here
For RSS Feeds Click here
or Create your own RSS

Add to Google Toolbar
Breaking News
Press Releases

 

 

The Earth Times
News Category

© 2010 www.earthtimes.org, The Earth Times, All Rights Reserved | Privacy Policy
Earth Times accept no responsibility or liability either directly or indirectly for views or opinions expressed in articles or comments.