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Iraqi Council Member Dies 5 Days After Shooting
By STEVEN R. HURST
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 25, 2003; 4:16 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Akila Hashimi, one of three women on Iraq's
American-picked Governing Council, died Thursday, five days after she
was shot and critically wounded by assailants, the U.S.-led Coalition
Provisional Authority reported.
She died about 11:30 a.m., said Gary Thatcher, coalition director of
strategic communications.
Hashimi was severely wounded in the attack with gunshots to the
abdomen. She was ambushed by six men in a pickup truck while driving
near her home in western Baghdad Saturday. She was preparing to
attend the United Nations General Assembly, which opened in New York
on Tuesday.
Hashimi had been cared for a U.S. military hospital in the compound
at Saddam Hussein's former Republican Palace in central Baghdad where
the U.S.-led coalition has its headquarters.
Hashimi, a career diplomat and Shiite Muslim, had been expected to
become Iraq's new ambassador to the United Nations. She served in the
Foreign Ministry during the Saddam government and was the only
official of the ousted regime appointed to the 25-member Governing
Council.
© 2003 The Associated Press
Iraqi Council Member Dies 5 Days After Shooting
By STEVEN R. HURST
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 25, 2003; 4:16 AM
BAGHDAD, Iraq - Akila Hashimi, one of three women on Iraq's
American-picked Governing Council, died Thursday, five days after she
was shot and critically wounded by assailants, the U.S.-led Coalition
Provisional Authority reported.
She died about 11:30 a.m., said Gary Thatcher, coalition director of
strategic communications.
Hashimi was severely wounded in the attack with gunshots to the
abdomen. She was ambushed by six men in a pickup truck while driving
near her home in western Baghdad Saturday. She was preparing to
attend the United Nations General Assembly, which opened in New York
on Tuesday.
Hashimi had been cared for a U.S. military hospital in the compound
at Saddam Hussein's former Republican Palace in central Baghdad where
the U.S.-led coalition has its headquarters.
Hashimi, a career diplomat and Shiite Muslim, had been expected to
become Iraq's new ambassador to the United Nations. She served in the
Foreign Ministry during the Saddam government and was the only
official of the ousted regime appointed to the 25-member Governing
Council.
© 2003 The Associated Press