Posted on 01/29/2004 10:06:35 AM PST by knighthawk
Riyadh, 29 January: US civil administrator in Iraq Paul Bremer has survived an assassination attempt in Baghdad following his return from Washington late last week, Saudi newspaper Al-Watan reported on Thursday [29 January].
The attempt on Bremer's life is the second since he was appointed as the US overseer in war-torn Iraq.
Iraqi sources close to the coalition authorities told the paper that an explosive device went off while Bremer's motorcade was passing on the Al-Matar street in western Baghdad.
The first attempt on Bremer's life took place in December when US mass media then said he survived unscathed after his convoy hit an explosive charge and came under fire.
[Lebanese satellite TV LBC ( Beirut, in Arabic 1200 gmt 26 Jan 04) reported on 26 January that Bremer had "escaped an assassination attempt at 1100 (0800 gmt) the same day while he was travelling to the airport area in Baghdad".
The TV said that Bremer's motorcade of three armoured vehicles had been ambushed. A sniper opened fire on the motorcade but missed the target. Another vehicle in the motorcade was hit in its front wheels, thus causing it to turn over. Those inside were said to have been wounded.]
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