Friday, April 13, 2007
Iraqi Islamic Party offices attacked
Security, Politics
(Voices of Iraq) - Gunmen opened fire on Thursday against the headquarters of the Sunni Islamic Party in al-Iskandariya district, north of Hilla city, injuring one of its guards, a source in Babel police department said. “Gunmen opened fire from a car at the headquarters of the Islamic Party in al-Iskandariya district, north of Hilla, injuring one guard seriously,” the source told the independent news agency Voices of Iraq (VOI).
“The wounded guard was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added. The party is one of three components that form the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), a Sunni parliamentary bloc with 44 seats out of the 275-member parliament. The IAF recently threatened to withdraw parliament. Hilla is the capital city of Babel province and is located 100 km south of Baghdad.
“The wounded guard was rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment,” he added. The party is one of three components that form the Iraqi Accordance Front (IAF), a Sunni parliamentary bloc with 44 seats out of the 275-member parliament. The IAF recently threatened to withdraw parliament. Hilla is the capital city of Babel province and is located 100 km south of Baghdad.
Labels: Iraqi Islamic Party, Iskandariyah
