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12-19-2003, 06:47 AM
Bremer Says He Survives Iraq Assassination Bid
BASRA, Iraq (*******) - Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S. administrator Paul Bremer said Friday he had escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad in early December.
"Yes, this is true, but thankfully I am still alive, and here I am in front of you," Bremer told reporters when asked about media reports that he had survived an assassination attempt on December 6.
U.S. television network NBC reported Thursday that Bremer escaped unharmed when his convoy hit an explosive device and came under small arms fire as it drove from Baghdad airport. The convoy was able to speed away and no one was injured.
The incident, which occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Baghdad, was not reported to the press by Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).
BASRA, Iraq (*******) - Iraq (news - web sites)'s U.S. administrator Paul Bremer said Friday he had escaped an assassination attempt in Baghdad in early December.
"Yes, this is true, but thankfully I am still alive, and here I am in front of you," Bremer told reporters when asked about media reports that he had survived an assassination attempt on December 6.
U.S. television network NBC reported Thursday that Bremer escaped unharmed when his convoy hit an explosive device and came under small arms fire as it drove from Baghdad airport. The convoy was able to speed away and no one was injured.
The incident, which occurred on the same day Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld arrived in Baghdad, was not reported to the press by Bremer's Coalition Provisional Authority (CPA).