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Urgent: Iraqi defense minister escapes sniper fire in Salahudin province: statement

Xinhua, September 7, 2015 Adjust font size:

Iraqi Defense Minister Khalid al-Obeidi on Monday escaped an assassination attempt by sniper fire near the battleground town of Baiji in Iraq's northern central province of Salahudin, wounding one of his guards, a Defense Ministry statement said. Endit