Iraqi education official escapes assassination
A government statement says a senior Iraqi education official has escaped assassination while traveling through central Baghdad.The statement says the undersecretary of Iraq's Higher Education Ministry, Ammar Aziz Mohammed Ali, was not hurt when a roadside bomb hit his convoy midmorning Tuesday.A police officer at the scene says two civilians and three guards were injured.
An Iraqi tribal leader escaped an assassination attempt Sunday when gunmen attacked his house in the city of Hillah, Iraq security sources said.