BAGHDAD (AP) — The governor of Iraq’s largest Sunni province escaped an assassination attempt Monday on a highway in a former insurgent stronghold west of Baghdad.
Iraqi police say the governor of Anbar province, Qasim al-Fahadawi, escaped unhurt after a roadside bomb hit his motorcade as it headed to Baghdad. Al-Fahadawi, a former businessman who worked with the U.S. military for years to revitalize the sprawling desert province, has been a frequent target for insurgents.
 
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