Assassination bid
President Saddam Hussein of Iraq escaped an assassination attempt in the northern city of Mosul on April 9, the seventh attempt on his life by outlawed Islamic Dawa guerrillas, the “Observer” newspaper reported. It said the president’s motorcade of 15 limousines was ambushed and 10 of his bodyguards and six guerrillas were killed in the ensuing gun battle. The paper said its source was Sheikh Muhammad alAsfi, a leader of the Teheran-based Dawa Party, who, it said, visited Britain last week. — London.
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Press, 13 May 1987, Page 34
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