Bomb kills provincial chief in Iraq by Delia Cruceru

Another governor was killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq. The governor of Muthana was killed is the second official killed in one week, as the Shi'ite Muslim groups are still fighting for the control of some of Iraq's main oil regions. Mohammed Ali al-Hassani was heading to the provincial capital of Samawah, when his Land Cruiser was struck. Hadi al-Ameri, an Iraqi parliamentarian and head of the Badr Organization said: "The purpose behind these assassinations is to create Shiite-Shiite strife." Samir Salim Attar, the deputy minister for science and technology was kidnapped in Baghdad by armed men who used at least eight SUVs to intercept Attar's heavily defended government convoy. The son of the governor killed yesterday, Ahmed, said that the Sadr's militia is to blame for the attacked and he promised revenge. "We will take our revenge after the three-day mourning period," said Abu Haider, the tribal leader. Bernard Kouchner, in his second day visit in Iraq met with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani, Kurdish leader Massoud Barzani and other Iraqi officials. "It is true that, in the past, we did not agree with certain countries about the events in 2003, but all that has been put behind us now. Today, we have to look toward the future," Kouchner said in press conference. He also insisted that the U.N. should that a key role in helping the stopping of violence in Iraq.

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by Delia Cruceru for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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