Iraqi heading Oil-for-food probe killed in bomb attack
The Iraqi official heading the investigation into alleged corruption in the United Nations oil-for-food programme was killed in a bomb attack earlier this week, officials familiar with the probe said Saturday.
Ihsan Karim, head of the Board of Supreme Audit, died in hospital after a bomb placed under one of the cars in his convoy exploded in Baghdad on Thursday, the officials said.
Iraq's former US Governor Paul Bremer gave the board independence from the executive branch of government and appointed Karim as its head in April.
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