Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations' top envoy in Iraq, killed in a massive bomb explosion on Tuesday in Baghdad, may have been the target of an assassination attempt on August 5, according to a Beirut daily.
On Wednesday, Al-Mustaqbal reported that Vieira de Mello had told the newspaper while in Cairo on August 8 that the incident happened while he was on his way from the Turkish capital of Ankara to Baghdad.
He said the airplane carrying him and his advisor, former Lebanese cabinet minister Ghassan Salameh, came "under fire" while landing at Baghdad International Airport.
Al-Mustaqbal said Vieira de Mello had asked it not to publish the information. (Albawaba.com)
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