Thursday, December 14, 2006
Shia party leader survives assassination attempt in Basra
Security, Politics
The Shiite Thaarallah (God’s Wrath) party leader survived on Wednesday an assassination attempt when an explosive charge went off at his motorcade in northern Basra, a security source said.“The Thaarallah party leader Yosuf Sinawwi al-Mawsawi survived unharmed an attempted assassination at his life when an explosive charge went off at his motorcade in al-Nwaab district, 7 km north of Basra,” the source who asked not to be named told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).The source added “two of Al-Mawsawi’s bodyguards and three civilians were wounded in the blast.” Thaarallah Party is an Islamic party based in Basra and it was first formed as a movement and later turned into a political party before the 2005 general elections but it won no parliament seat.
