Iraq officials identify wrong assassination victim

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Iraqi Interior Ministry officials said a senior official was assassinated in his home on Monday, adding that they had incorrectly identified the official earlier.
They named the dead man as Major-General Adnan Midhish Kharagoli, an adviser to the Defence Minister. He was killed along with his nephew when 10 gunmen burst into his Baghdad home.

Earlier, Interior Ministry officials had said the victim was Major-General Adnan Thabet, hours after he told the media that a hostage crisis was exaggerated.
"We made a mistake," one of the officials said, who declined to be named.

Such reports of an assassination could fuel sectarian tensions during a time of widespread violence and political uncertainty gripping Iraq. The comments added to the confusion over reports of a hostage crisis in the town of Madaen, near Baghdad, and reinforced fears of a political vacuum. Iraq's bickering leaders have failed to form a new government 11 weeks after January 30 elections that politicians promised would deliver stability after two years of suicide bombings, kidnappings and rampant crime.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1348188.htm

Iraq Officials Retract Statements on Assassination
http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=5697200&cKey=1113861918000

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1. Is the pope still dead? n/t

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2. Franciso Franco is still dead.

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3. It's a clown show over there.

A friggin' clown show.