Iraqi VP Escapes Assassination Attempt
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BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) – Iraq’s Shiite vice president escaped an apparent assassination attempt Monday after a bomb exploded in municipal offices where he was making a speech, knocking him down with the force of the blast that left at least 10 people dead.
Outside the capital, a suicide car bomber exploded near a police station in Ramadi, killing at least 13 people and wounding 10, police said. It was the second bombing in the volatile province of Anbar in less than a week.
