IRAQ: GUNMEN FIRE ON TWO ENVOYS IN BAGHDAD/BOMB TARGETS U.S. PATROL/REPORTS OF ATTACK ON RUSSIAN EMBASSY

Record ID: 358746

  • Title: IRAQ: GUNMEN FIRE ON TWO ENVOYS IN BAGHDAD/BOMB TARGETS U.S. PATROL/REPORTS OF ATTACK ON RUSSIAN EMBASSY
  • Date: 5th July 2005
  • Summary: (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY 5, 2005) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 1. VARIOUS OF GUARDS OUTSIDE PAKISTAN EMBASSY (2 SHOTS) 0.20 (W3) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (JULY 5, 2005) (REUTERS-ACCESS ALL) 2. SLV CONCRETE BLOCKS LEADING TO RUSSIAN EMBASSY 0.27 3. CU RUSSIAN FLAG 0.33 4. CU "RUSSIAN EMBASSY" WRITTEN ON CONCRETE BLOCK 0.39 (W2) BAGHD
  • Embargoed: 20th July 2005 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVABSFFZGUCWPOMMPGU0S28WWFJ
  • Story Text: Gunmen fire on two envoys in Baghdad, bomb targets
    U.S. patrol near Iranian embassy and reports of attack on
    Russian embassy.



    Gunmen attacked the envoys of two Muslim states in
    Baghdad on Tuesday (July 5), three days after Egypt's chief
    diplomat in Iraq was abducted from the street.

    Militants opened fire on on a convoy carrying
    Pakistan's envoy to Iraq Mohammad Younis Khan, before
    speeding off after his guards returned fire. There were no
    reports of any injuries.

    Pakistan immediately withdrew its ambassador from
    Baghdad.

    Hours earlier, the envoy from the Gulf Arab state of
    Bahrain was shot in the hand during what his government
    called a kidnap attempt as he drove to work.

    About four gunmen opened fire on the envoy's car in
    Baghdad's Mansour neighbourhood as he was being driven to
    work, a police source said.

    A hospital source said the envoy, whose name Iraqi
    officials gave variously as Hassan or Ihsan al-Ansari, was
    wounded in the right hand by a single bullet.

    A roadside bomb exploded close to a U.S. military
    patrol on Tuesday in Baghdad, near the Iranian embassy
    injuring a civilian in the attack, Iraqi police said.

    The detonation came two hours after the attack on the
    Bahrain envoy's car.

    "An Improvised Explosive Device hit a personal security
    detachment as it was travelling back into the international
    zone this morning. Only one person was injured," said a
    U.S. army spokesman.

    And there are reports that the Russian Embassy has also
    been targeted by the insurgency.

    Officials at the embassy declined comment on reports,
    relayed by diplomats at other missions, that one of their
    convoys was shot up on Baghdad's airport road on Sunday
    (July 3).

    el/mt

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