Ali al-Haidari, Governor of the Baghdad Governorate, is Assassinated by Armed Gunmen

Baghdad governor Ali al-Haidri has been assassinated in the capital, police and hospital sources say.

Details of al-Haidri's death on Tuesday remain unclear.

Al-Haidri is the most senior Iraqi official to be assassinated in Baghdad since the head of the Governing Council was killed by a bomb in May last year.

He had survived a previous assassination attempt in September.

Armed fighters have repeatedly targeted Iraqi officials as well as the country's fledgling security forces as part of a fierce effort to destabilise the US-backed interim government.

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