Chalabi assassination bid in Iraq

Unidentified gunmen opened fire today on a convoy carrying former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmad Chalabi in an apparent assassination attempt that wounded two of his bodyguards, Chalabi’s spokesman said.

Chalabi’s convoy was attacked in southern Baghdad at about 7.30am local time as he returned from the holy city of Najaf, said spokesman Mithal al-Alusi.

Chalabi escaped unharmed but two of his bodyguards were wounded, one of them seriously, al-Alusi said.