BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- The current president of the Iraqi Governing Council was among several people killed Monday in a suicide car bombing near Baghdad's Green Zone, a council official said.
According to Iraqi Governing Council sources, council President Izzedine Salim was on his way into the Green Zone, which houses coalition headquarters, when he was killed.
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The presidency of the governing council is a rotating position.
After the blast, the governing council selected Ghazi Mashal Ajil al-Yawer, a Sunni Muslim from the northern city of Mosul, to replace Salim as its president.
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5.17.2004
And which 'mission accomplished' would that be?
Nice to see we're forming a kindler gentler Iraq. Thanks for helping along that peace process Dubya:
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