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BAGHDAD, Nov 3 (KUNA) -- US forces have arrested an Iraqi MP's chief
bodyguard and killed two of his relatives in a large manhunt in central
Baghdad, Iraqi security sources said here Saturday.
US forces stormed the house of Abu Zein al-Abdeen, who is responsible for
Iraqi MP Jalal Eddin al-Saghir's security, arrested him and killed his son,
nephew and neighbor, the sources said, quoting al-Saghir, an MP of the United
Iraqi Alliance.
However, the US army has not yet made any comment on the reported incident.
Meanwhile, Basra Police Chief Gen. Abdel-Jalil al-Shuwaili said he and an
army leader had escaped an attempt on their lives as a bomb planted along the
road targeted their convoy.
But, two convoy members were injured in the bomb explosion.
Waset University Rector Jabbar Yasser was also slightly wounded in an
assassination attempt while he was on an inspection tour at new university
facilities in southern Al-Kut city in Waset Province. (end)
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