IRAQ: Iraqi oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum survives roadside bomb attack on his motorcade but at least two of his bodyguards are killed

Record ID: 354444

  • Title: IRAQ: Iraqi oil minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum survives roadside bomb attack on his motorcade but at least two of his bodyguards are killed
  • Date: 3rd October 2005
  • Summary: (BN09) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (OCTOBER 3, 2005)(REUTERS) LONG VIEW OF AREA WHERE THE ATTACK ON OIL MINISTER'S MOTORCADE TOOK PLACE U.S. HUMVEES AND TANKS BLOCKING OFF STREET WHERE BLAST OCCURRED, DEBRIS STREWN OVER STREET ONLOOKERS NEAR SITE OF ATTACK AREA WHERE THE ATTACK HAPPENED PARKED CARS AND U.S. MILITARY VEHICLES ON AREA/ PEOPLE CROSSING ROAD
  • Embargoed: 18th October 2005 13:00
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  • Location: Iraq
  • Country: Iraq
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement
  • Reuters ID: LVA5QVLEZQV2TYCKJI0I887C24ZF
  • Story Text: Iraqi Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-Uloum survived an apparent assassination attempt in Baghdad on Monday (October 3) when a roadside bomb blasted his motorcade, killing at least two of his escorts, police and a ministry spokesman said.
    Assem Jihad, a spokesman for the oil minister later said in a statement that Bahr al-Uloum was not injured from the attack, when his convoy headed for a ceremony in Baiji, a refining town 180 km (110 miles) north of the capital.
    Jihad also added he knew of two bodyguards who were killed and two seriously wounded when two of the cars in the convoy were destroyed in the Rashdiya district of northern Baghdad. A police source later said three guards had died.
    Iraq's oil industry, which has the world's third largest known reserves, has been crippled by war, sanctions and now the insurgency among minority Sunni Arabs.
    Production remains limited, curbed by decaying infrastructure and sabotage, but oil provides the main hope of prosperity for the country.
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