BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The head of the Iraqi Governing Council was killed in a suicide car bombing near a checkpoint outside the coalition headquarters in central Baghdad on Monday, dealing a blow to U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq ahead of a handover of sovereignty on June 30.
Bomb kills head of Iraqi Governing Council
[Link to Full Article]By CHRISTOPHER TORCHIA, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER
BAGHDAD, Iraq -- The head of the Iraqi Governing Council was killed in a suicide car bombing near a checkpoint outside the coalition headquarters in central Baghdad on Monday, dealing a blow to U.S. efforts to stabilize Iraq ahead of a handover of sovereignty on June 30.