Chief Of Diyala Police Survives Assasination Attempt

February 6th, 2008 Posted By Pat Dollard.

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Baaquba, Feb 5, (VOI)- Chief of the Diala police department General Ghanem al-Qureshi escaped an attempt on his life on Tuesday when an improvised explosive device went off targeting his motorcade in central Baaquba, a police source said.

“General Ghanem al-Qureshi survived an assassination attempt on Tuesday when an explosive charge was detonated near is motorcade in the main road in central Baaquba,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq - Voices of Iraq - (VOI) on condition of anonymity.

“The explosion left no casualties, but caused some material damage to some of the motorcade’s vehicles,,” he added.

This is the second attempt on al-Qureshi’s life.

Baaquba, the capital of Diala, is 57 km northeast of Baghdad.


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One Response

  1. John Cunningham

    “caused some material damage to some of the motorcade’s vehicles”. Not to mention the fucking hole in the ground. No one saw or heard them digging the hole to place the bomb?

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