Iraqi Minister Survives Bomb Attack
21 February 2006
One Iraqi policeman was killed and at least two civilians were wounded in a roadside bomb blast in western Baghdad, Tuesday.
Another roadside bomb exploded as an Iraqi Cabinet minister was driving through an eastern district of the capital. Police say the government official was unhurt, but three security guards in her convoy were wounded.
A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad, Mosul and Karbala killed at least 24 people on Monday, including an American soldier.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw is holding talks in Baghdad Tuesday about the slow progress in forming a new Iraqi government following December's elections. He is expected to call on Iraq's political leaders to set aside ethnic and sectarian differences and agree on a government capable of uniting the country.
The U.S. ambassador to Iraq, Zalmay Khalilzad, warned Monday that the United States will not support institutions plagued by sectarian agendas. He also urged Iraq's political factions to come together.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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