Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister Killed
Associated Press
June 12, 2004
BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) -- Assailants killed an Iraqi deputy foreign
minister in an ambush Saturday as he traveled to his Baghdad office,
the Foreign Ministry said.
Gunmen shot Bassam Salih Kubba in Baghdad's Azimiyah district, a Sunni
Muslim neighborhood where support for Saddam Hussein's regime had been
strong. He died later of his wounds, said Thamir al-Adhami, the
Foreign Ministry spokesman.
Kuba is one of several deputy foreign ministers. He was the ministry's
most senior career diplomat.
The attack was the second on members of the interim government in the
last four days. On Wednesday, the deputy health minister, Ammar
al-Safar, escaped an assassination attempt in Azimiyah area while he
was in his way to the Health Ministry. Al-Safar's guards exchanged
fire with the attackers, who opened fire on his car and then fled the
scene.
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