BAGHDAD - Ex-Iraqi deputy prime minister and former Pentagon favorite, Ahmad Chalabi, escaped a suicide car bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad, an official in his office said yesterday.
Mr. Chalabi was not wounded, but the explosion Friday night in the western Baghdad neighborhood of Mansour killed six of his bodyguards, said Ayad Kadhim Sabti.
Police said more than a dozen other people were wounded in the blast.
Meanwhile, at least six people were killed and about 50 were injured yesterday - including 19 in critical condition - when a suicide bomber attacked a...
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