Turkish envoy to Iraq wounded - Democratic Underground

cal04

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Mon Jan-02-06 09:15 AM
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Turkish envoy to Iraq wounded

GUNMEN have attacked the convoy of the Turkish ambassador to Iraq in Baghdad, injuring him slightly, police said.
The attack on Unal Cevikoz's convoy occurred on Baghdad's airport road, notorious for frequent assaults by insurgents targeting foreigners.

Staff of foreign embassies have been targeted by groups like al-Qaeda to try to force them to shut their missions in Iraq and dissuade them from recognising the US-backed Iraqi Government.

Most recently, Khartoum closed its embassy in Baghdad after five Sudanese embassy staff were kidnapped.

http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17718323%255E1702,00.html

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marylanddem

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Mon Jan-02-06 09:55 AM
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1. We can't even secure the airport road.

Edited on Mon Jan-02-06 09:56 AM by marylanddem

And how long of a road could it be? But, hey, the longer the war drags on the richer will be Bush, Cheney & their cronies. Party on, dudes - until you're all dragged kicking & screaming out of the White House.

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TomInTib

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Mon Jan-02-06 12:13 PM
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2. 8 miles and the mightiest force in the history of the world cannot

lock it down.

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