VPs Cheney and Abdul-Mahdi get bombed
"A suicide bomber blew himself up on Tuesday morning outside the gate of the United States air base near Kabul where Vice President Dick Cheney was staying, killing at least 23 people. The vice president heard the blast from a mile away.
. . . A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, and said in a telephone call to the Reuters news agency that the attack had been aimed at Mr. Cheney." [1]
"An explosion inside the Ministry of Public Works on Monday wounded an Iraqi [Shiite] vice president and the public works minister and killed at least five people, in what officials described as a possible assassination attempt.
. . . Adel Abdul-Mahdi, one of Iraq’s two vice presidents, was approaching a conference room lectern to address ministry employees at the time of the blast, which tore through walls and hurled him to the ground, witnesses said. His guards threw themselves on top of him, and he was immediately taken to an American-run hospital inside the Green Zone where witnesses said he was received in a wheelchair, covered in dust but smiling.
Statements from several offices of the Shiite-led Iraqi government later said he was released and had returned to work.
The public works minister, Reyad Ghareeb, was seriously wounded, news agencies reported. It was not clear if his wounds were life-threatening." [2]
sources
[1] Wafa, Abdul Waheed & Gall, Carlotta. (The New York Times). A Mile From Cheney, Afghan Bomber Kills at Least 23. February 28, 2007.
[2] Cave, Damien. (The New York Times). Bombing at Iraqi Ministry Wounds 2 Top Officials. February 27, 2007.
posted: thursday, march 1, 2007, 1:18 AM ET
tags: iraq afghanistan dick cheney adel abdul-mahdi
. . . A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility, and said in a telephone call to the Reuters news agency that the attack had been aimed at Mr. Cheney." [1]
"An explosion inside the Ministry of Public Works on Monday wounded an Iraqi [Shiite] vice president and the public works minister and killed at least five people, in what officials described as a possible assassination attempt.
. . . Adel Abdul-Mahdi, one of Iraq’s two vice presidents, was approaching a conference room lectern to address ministry employees at the time of the blast, which tore through walls and hurled him to the ground, witnesses said. His guards threw themselves on top of him, and he was immediately taken to an American-run hospital inside the Green Zone where witnesses said he was received in a wheelchair, covered in dust but smiling.
Statements from several offices of the Shiite-led Iraqi government later said he was released and had returned to work.
The public works minister, Reyad Ghareeb, was seriously wounded, news agencies reported. It was not clear if his wounds were life-threatening." [2]
sources
[1] Wafa, Abdul Waheed & Gall, Carlotta. (The New York Times). A Mile From Cheney, Afghan Bomber Kills at Least 23. February 28, 2007.
[2] Cave, Damien. (The New York Times). Bombing at Iraqi Ministry Wounds 2 Top Officials. February 27, 2007.
posted: thursday, march 1, 2007, 1:18 AM ET
tags: iraq afghanistan dick cheney adel abdul-mahdi
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