Iraq - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister injured in bomb attacks

Reuters (excerpt) ^ | March 23, 2007

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BAGHDAD, March 23 (Reuters) - Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie survived when a suicide bomber blew himself up at Friday prayers which Zobaie was attending in Baghdad, his spokesman said, adding that around five people were wounded.

"Nothing happened to Zobaie, he is alive," the spokesman told Reuters. Zobaie is one of two deputy prime ministers and member of the main Sunni Arab grouping.

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AFP via translation -

The Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister wounded in an attack in Baghdad

BAGHDAD - the Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam Al-Zobaïe, a sunnite, was wounded in an attack Friday in Baghdad and transferred in an American hospital from the capital, one learned from sources American and Iraqi.

“It was allowed in a military hospital one hour ago (approximately 13H00, that is to say 10H00 GMT”, declared in AFP a spokesman of the American army, the lieutenant-colonel Christopher Garver.

According to a source of Iraqi safety, three people were killed and ten wounded in the double attack during which a booby-trapped car exploded and a kamikaze carrying a jacket faggot of explosives actuated its bomb, near the residence of the Deputy Prime Minister.

[F.J. Mitchell]

Wonder how many virgins are issued by Allah, to Martyrs who blow themselves up to kill other Allahites as they pray?

[Mr.Clark]

Ah internet translations...

According to a source of Iraqi safety, three people were killed and ten wounded in the double attack during which a booby-trapped car exploded and a kamikaze carrying a jacket faggot of explosives actuated its bomb, near the residence of the Deputy Prime Minister.

Que?

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Reuters -

IRAQI DEPUTY PM TAKEN TO U.S. HOSPITAL, NO COMMENT ON CONDITION - U.S. MILITARY SPOKESMAN

[FDNYRHEROES]

Moral of the story...Don't go to Friday prayers...

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BBC News -

Iraq deputy PM 'caught in blast'

One of Iraq's deputy prime ministers, Salam Zaubai, has been caught up in a bomb blast near a Baghdad mosque, Iraqi officials have said.

Initial reports are confusing and it is not clear whether Mr Zaubai was injured in the blast, which happened while he was attending Friday prayers.

News agency AFP quoted a US military spokesman as saying Mr Zaubai had been taken to hospital.

Mr Zaubai, one of two deputy PMs, belongs to the main Sunni Arab group.

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Reuters -

IRAQI DEPUTY PM ZOBAIE WOUNDED IN ABDOMEN AND SHOULDER AFTER BLAST - AIDE

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Apparently, the terrorists launched multiple attacks against Zobaie. He survived the bomb in the mosque, but after that, he was injured by a car bomb attack.

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Maybe the new English-language interpretation of the Muslim Holy book, the Koran, will help these mis-directed individuals. This interpretation challenges the use of words that feminists say have been used to justify the abuse of Islamic women. The book, due out in April, is written by Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar, a former lecturer on Islam at the University of Chicago. As an example, the translation of the Arab word "idrib," traditionally translated as "beat," can also mean "to go away." That would make the following passage read: "And as for those women whose ill will you have reason to fear, admonish them; then leave them alone in bed; then go away; and if thereupon they pay you heed, do not seek to harm them." This even seems to make more sense when taken in context.

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AFP reporting that Moufid Abdelzahara, and advisor to PM Maliki, was killed in the attack. The attacks occurred near Zobaie's residence in the Green Zone. Zobaie's Sunni-affiliated party controls 44 of the 275 seats in Parliament.

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/iraqunrestpolitics;_ylt=AnjC39STvevM7.Ota4SIqVas0NUE

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Reuters -

IRAQI DEPUTY PM IN SURGERY, CONDITION NOT STABLE - IRAQI SECURITY SPOKESMAN

[jveritas]

In the Arab world, this means that he is most probably dead. I hope that this is not the case.

[leadpenny]

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070323/ts_nm/iraq_minister_wounds_dc;_ylt=AkHoz4PVwO5pouxEr5VIwEis0NUE

Probably the same "not stable" story. 40 minutes old. (reuters)

[theDentist]

...a kamikaze carrying a jacket faggot of explosives

a jacket faggot?

[prairiebreeze]

I hope not too. More aggression from the religion of death.

[ArmstedFragg]

a jacket faggot?

It's all Coulter's fault!!

[M. Espinola]

Bet the radical Dems who issued today's treasonous House vote are also morbidly gleeful about this latest terror bombing murdering and injuring members of the Iraqi government.