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Iraq received bomb warning
20/08/2003 18:46 - (SA)
Baghdad - Iraq's 25-member interim Governing Council received intelligence on August 14 that a truck bombing was imminent in the capital, council member Ahmad Chalabi, the head of the Iraqi National Congress, said on Wednesday.
"The intelligence specifically said that the target would be either Iraqi political parties or other parties including the UN," said Chalabi, who is a favourite of the US Defence Department.
He added the intelligence had warned that the attack would be a truck bombing, using either a kamikazi driver or a remote control detonator, but declined to disclose the source of his information or how it was collected.
Chalabi said the council shared the news with US intelligence agents.
However, it was not clear if the information had been relayed to the United Nations.
Chalabi also said: "Meetings had taken place between former members of the regime and extremists," ahead of Tuesday's attack on the United Nation's headquarters here that killed 24 people, including the world body's top official in Iraq, Sergio Vieira de Mello.
- AFP
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