The minister, Abd al-Dhiab al-Ajili, a Sunni, told Reuters his motorcade was attacked several times along his route to work in southern Baghdad. The education ministry and education facilities have been frequent targets of insurgent attacks in recent weeks.
In a separate development, a U.S. security firm confirmed that five of its employees were killed on January 23 when their helicopter went down in Baghdad. It was not clear whether the helicopter was shot down.
(AP, Reuters)
On The Verge Of Civil War
On The Verge Of Civil War
The Imam Al-Mahdi Army on parade (epa)
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