| Iraqi Governing Council member Salama al-Khafaji's convoy was ambushed in the capital Baghdad today. No information was available on injuries, AP said. The aide said he found out about the ambush from a guard traveling ahead of al-Kafaji's, and that the guard drove away without finding out what had happened to the others. Al-Khafaji, one of three women on the 25-member council that was set up by the U.S. as a first step toward self-government for Iraq, replaced another Shiite Muslim woman council member, Akila al-Hashimi, AP said. Al-Hashimi died of gunshot wounds after being attacked last September outside her home in Baghdad. |