Iraq's Minister of Justice, Abdel Hussein Shandal, has survived a shooting attack on his car that killed two people, the Interior Ministry said Sunday, according to DPA. Shandal's car came under attack by gunmen Saturday in the southern Baghdad neighbourhood of al-Dora, in an incident that saw one of his companions killed as well as a civilian passer-by. Meanwhile Sunday the U.S. military was investigating a rocket- propelled grenade attack on Saturday near Hawijah in northern Iraq in which a U.S. soldier died. The soldier reportedly came under attack while on a routine patrol in the area. The name of the soldier is being withheld pending next- of-kin notification.
