In Baghdad, gunmen attack senior diplomats from Pakistan and Bahrain. Bahrain's top envoy in Bahgdad was slightly wounded -- while the head of the Pakistani mission escaped injury.
The attacks follow the weekend abduction of Egypt's top diplomat in Iraq. The targeting of Arab diplomats appears to be part of a new insurgent campaign to undermine recognition of Iraq's fledgling government.
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