Baghdad police chief escapes attempt

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Baghdad’s police chief survived an assassination attempt with an improvised explosive device that targeted his vehicle south of Baghdad on Thursday, a security source said. “An IED planted on a main road went off near the vehicle of Maj. General Kadhem Hameed Farhan while his motorcade was passing by in the area of Jisr Diala, south of the Iraqi capital,” the source told IraqiNews.com. “Five of Farhan’s bodyguards were wounded in the explosive attack,” the source added. AmR (P) 1