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Iraq Backs Iran On Nuclear Goal
Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki, right, meets with Abdul Aziz al-Hakim, the leadser of the main Shiite Muslim political party in Iraq.
(By Hadi Mizban -- Associated Press)
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A roadside bomb exploded near the motorcade of Ahmed Chalabi, a former deputy prime minister who was once a close U.S. ally. No one in his convoy was injured, Lt. Thulfiaqr Saif Aldin said, but three civilian bystanders were injured.
In Baqubah, about 35 miles northeast of Baghdad, armed men wearing Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped nine civilians from their houses late Thursday night, police and witnesses said.
Ali al-Khayam, the spokesman of the Joint Coordination Center in Diyala province, said four of the captives were security guards at the Diyala TV network, a provincial television and radio station. The fifth was an interpreter for U.S. forces in the province, while the other four were government employees.
Khayam said all of the captives were Sunnis.
Armed men in two cars killed the coach of Iraq's national tennis team and two of his players when their car was attacked in western Baghdad, said Col. Sami Hassan, an Interior Ministry spokesman. Hassan said the men were probably followed after they finished training at a club. It was not clear why they were killed, but Muslim insurgent groups have threatened people for wearing workout clothes, and Iraqis associated with the government are frequently targeted in attacks.
The attack was the second on an Iraqi national sports team this month. The government is still trying to secure the release of 15 members of a martial arts squad who were kidnapped on the road between Fallujah and Ramadi last week.
Special correspondents Naseer Nouri, Salih Saif Aldin and Saad al-Izzi in Baghdad and Hassan Shammari in Baqubah contributed to this report.
