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ReutersBAGHDAD, March 19 (Reuters) - Militants killed a senior member of Iraq's main Sunni Arab party, the Iraqi Islamic Party (IIP), with a bomb planted under his car in Baghdad, the party said on Thursday.
Faysal Abdullah al-Samarai was assassinated as he drove through the predominantly Sunni Arab district of Adhamiya, northern Baghdad, late on Wednesday. He had been attending a celebration of the birthday of the Prophet Mohammad.
Samarai was an IIP deputy for a region covering half of Baghdad.
"The killing of al-Samarai represents an attempt to target Iraq's unity and cohesion. Those who made this assassination want to destroy the goodwill in the hearts of Iraqis," a statement on the IIP's website said.
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