Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 41

10-October-2005

IRAQ

Bahr Al-'Ulum Survives Bomb Attack En Route To Baiji Crude Unit Inauguration

In further evidence of the woeful security conditions in and around Baghdad, Oil Minister Ibrahim Bahr al-ʹUlum survived a bomb attack on his convoy in Baghdad on 3 October. The minister was uninjured, but two of his bodyguards were killed and two injured by small arms fire after the bomb was detonated. On 6 October at least 10 people were killed in a car...