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Iraqi Prime Minister Survives ‘Assassination Attempt’
- Al-Kadhimi escaped unhurt, but security sources said that at least six members of the prime minister’s personal protection force were wounded
EKO HOT BLOG reports that Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa al-Kadhimi survived an assassination attempt after a drone laden with explosives targeted his residence in the capital, Baghdad.
Al-Kadhimi escaped unhurt, but security sources told Reuters news agency that at least six members of the prime minister’s personal protection force were wounded in Sunday’s attack.
Al-Kadhimi appealed for calm and restraint in a post on Twitter.
“I’m doing fine, praise be to God, and I call for calm and restraint on the part of everyone for the good of Iraq,” he said.
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He later appeared on Iraqi television, seated behind a desk in a white shirt, looking composed. “Cowardly rocket and drone attacks don’t build homelands and don’t build a future,” he said.
The early morning attack came after deadly protests in the Iraqi capital over the result of a general election on October 10.
The groups leading the protests are heavily armed Iran-backed militias that lost much of their parliamentary power in the election. They have alleged voting and vote-counting irregularities.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for Sunday’s attack on al-Kadhimi’s residence in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, which houses government buildings and foreign embassies.
A statement from the Iraqi military said the failed assassination attempt was with “an explosives-laden drone” and that the prime minister was in “good health”.
“The security forces are taking the necessary measures in connection with this failed attempt,” it said.
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