Iraq: Official disputes assassination allegation

By Qassim AbdulZahra

Published April 12, 2014 5:33pm ET

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Iraq: Official disputes assassination allegation — Iraqi civilians inspect debris left in the aftermath of a car bombing on a commercial street in Baghdad's eastern neighborhood of Sadr City, Iraq, Friday, April 11, 2014. Two car bombs exploded in Shiite neighborhoods of Iraq's capital Thursday night, killing and wounding scores of people, as violence roars on before a crucial election later this month, authorities said. Last year, Iraq weathered its deadliest bout of violence since it pulled back from the brink of civil war in 2008. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim) | Karim Kadim

BAGHDAD (AP) — The head of the military command in Iraq’s Anbar province on Saturday disputed claims by supporters of the country’s deputy prime minister that he faced an assassination attempt a day earlier while traveling west of Baghdad.

Shots were fired Friday as Deputy Prime Minister Saleh al-Mutlaq’s convoy was on the outskirts of the greater Baghdad area, near the border with the restive, Sunni-dominated Anbar province. The circumstances of what happened are in dispute.

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