BASRA, Nov 3: A roadside bomb blast targeted a convoy carrying the heads of the Iraqi army and police in southern Iraq on Saturday, but both men were unhurt, the police chief said.
Major-General Abdul-Jelil Khalaf said he and southern Iraq military chief General Mohan al-Firaiji had been in a convoy of vehicles at the time of blast which injured two guards.
Firaiji and Khalaf were sent to Basra in June charged with improving security, ahead of the expected handover of Basra province to Iraqi security control from the British.—Reuters
