Assassins Slay Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister ; * Attack Is Second in a Week On Caretaker Government; Saddam Henchmen Are Blamed.
The Washington Times › June 14, 2004
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Gunmen assassinated an Iraqi deputy foreign minister yesterday, the second high-profile attack on members of the caretaker government in less than a week.
Bassam Salih Kubba, 60, was the most senior of Iraq's four deputy foreign ministers, a career diplomat responsible for international organizations and coordination. His white Mercedes was ambushed in the Adhamiyah neighborhood of Baghdad, where a day earlier an influential Sunni cleric had criticized the prime minister and foreign minister for inviting foreign troops to remain on Iraqi soil.See the full content of this document
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Assassins Slay Iraqi Deputy Foreign Minister ; * Attack Is Second in a Week On Caretaker Government; Saddam Henchmen Are Blamed.
Mr. Kubba, a former envoy to the United Nations and China, was a Sunni and a Ba'athist, a fact that some observers say may have made him a prominent target for insurgents trying to undermine confidence in the new leaders.
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