伊拉克北部自杀式炸弹炸死区议会长官 Suicide Bombing in Northern Iraq Kills District Council Chief
伊拉克官员说，在伊拉克北部城市发生一起自杀式炸弹袭击，导致两人死亡，其中包括一名地区议会长官。
警方说，袭击者星期一在塔勒阿法尔城对这名当地官员的汽车发动袭击。该官员的一名警卫也被炸死。
另一方面，伊拉克当局说，法庭判决交通部副部长腐败罪名成立，入狱八年。
奥贝迪因涉嫌以换取合同为条件向外国安全公司勒索50万美元而于9月被捕。
伊拉克官员说，该公司将奥贝迪的敲诈企图告知反腐败官员，并和当局合作，在奥贝迪收受贿赂时将其当场抓获。警方之后的录像显示奥贝迪要求对方支付10万美元作为第一笔贿赂金额。
Iraqi officials say a suicide bombing in the north of the country has killed two people, including a district council chief.
Police say the attacker targeted the local politician's car Monday in the city of Tal Afar. One of the politician's bodyguards also was killed.
In another development, Iraqi authorities say a court has sentenced a deputy minister of transport to eight years in prison for corruption.
Adnan al-Obeidi was arrested in September on suspicion of trying to extort half a million dollars from a foreign security company in return for granting it a contract.
Iraqi officials say the company informed anti-corruption officials about the extortion attempt and worked with authorities to catch al-Obeidi in the act of taking a bribe. Police later filmed him demanding $100,000 as a first installment of the bribe.