Governor survives blasts as #Iraq_violence increases
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Atheel al-Nujaifi, governor of Iraq’s #Nineveh_province and the parliament speaker’s brother, survived on Monday the third attempt on his life this month, as violence killed 19 people, officials said. Iraq is suffering its worst unrest in years and authorities have failed so far to stop daily violence targeting both civilians and security forces. There have now been at least six attempts to kill al-Nujaifi in less than a year, showing that even the most senior official in the northern province is vulnerable to attack. read more