Iraq politician survives suicide bomb attack by own guard

[Barrett808]

The chairman of the council in the Iraqi city of Samarra narrowly survived an assassination attempt by one of his guards who blew himself up as his boss returned home, police said.

Assad Ali Yassin, who has been council chairman of the restive city north of Baghdad for the past three months, had little reason to suspect a member of his own guard detail, a local officer said.

Waed al-Abbasi had been chosen from Yassin's own tribe and served as a guard at the chairman's home in the city's Khadra neighborhood.

But Yassin's personal bodyguards had their suspicions. Late on Tuesday night, as they accompanied Yassin home, they noticed something was amiss with Abbasi -- who then abruptly rushed towards the chairman.

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[54anickel]

1. Holy crap! 3rd attempt on his life? Color me cynical, but isn't the

author pretty quick with that last line tying in Al-Qaeda? :shrug:

[ECH1969]

2. al-Qaeda is the only group in Iraq to proform "myrterdom" operations