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| Iraqi Deputy Prime Minister Salam Zaubai has been injured in a double bombing in Baghdad in which nine people were killed, Iraqi police have said. | |
| Police said a suicide bomber blew himself up and a car bomb exploded as Mr Zaubai was leaving a mosque close to his home in the Iraqi capital. | Police said a suicide bomber blew himself up and a car bomb exploded as Mr Zaubai was leaving a mosque close to his home in the Iraqi capital. |
| He is reported to be undergoing surgery to remove shrapnel at a US military hospital in the Green Zone. | He is reported to be undergoing surgery to remove shrapnel at a US military hospital in the Green Zone. |
| Mr Zaubai, a prominent Sunni, is one of Iraq's two deputy prime ministers. | Mr Zaubai, a prominent Sunni, is one of Iraq's two deputy prime ministers. |
| Two of the dead were Mr Zaubai's bodyguards and 15 people were injured, including the deputy prime minister and his brother, who is said to be badly hurt. | Two of the dead were Mr Zaubai's bodyguards and 15 people were injured, including the deputy prime minister and his brother, who is said to be badly hurt. |
| Mr Zaubai is a member of the Accordance Front, the main Sunni bloc in the Shia-led national unity government. | Mr Zaubai is a member of the Accordance Front, the main Sunni bloc in the Shia-led national unity government. |
| Vehicle ban | Vehicle ban |
| His home is close to the international or Green Zone in the centre of Baghdad, where all diplomats and much of the US military are based. | His home is close to the international or Green Zone in the centre of Baghdad, where all diplomats and much of the US military are based. |
| The attack happened despite a weekly vehicle ban on Fridays, designed to prevent suicide car bombings, and will be an embarrassment for the Iraqi authorities, says the BBC's Ben Brown in Baghdad. | The attack happened despite a weekly vehicle ban on Fridays, designed to prevent suicide car bombings, and will be an embarrassment for the Iraqi authorities, says the BBC's Ben Brown in Baghdad. |
| The latest violence comes a day after a blast rocked the Green Zone as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was giving a news conference there with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. | The latest violence comes a day after a blast rocked the Green Zone as UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon was giving a news conference there with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Maliki. |
| Mr Maliki visited Mr Zaubai in hospital hours after Friday's attack, state television reported. | |
| Iraq's Foreign Minister, Hoshyar Zebari, meanwhile has said Iraq's neighbours have a major role to play in helping to stabilise the country. | |
| Mr Zebari told the BBC that support from neighbouring countries was essential to stop intervention from outside Iraq, including preventing militants and weapons from entering the country. | Mr Zebari told the BBC that support from neighbouring countries was essential to stop intervention from outside Iraq, including preventing militants and weapons from entering the country. |