URGENT / Senior officer escapes attempt

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: The official in charge of the sahwa (awakening) tribal forces’ affairs in the Iraqi cabinet survived an assassination attempt on Monday when an improvised explosive device went off near his motorcade, a senior security official said. “The blast left one person killed and six others wounded,” the official spokesman for the Baghdad Operations Command (BOC), Maj. General Qassem Atta, told IraqiNews.com. AmR (P) 1