http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20030925/ts_nm/iraq_hashemi_dc&cid=564&ncid=1480BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Akila al-Hashemi, a member of Iraq's U.S.-appointed Governing Council, has died from wounds sustained in a gun attack on Saturday, the head of the country's U.S.-led administration said on Thursday.
"On behalf of the Coalition Provisional Authority and all its members, I offer condolences to her family, her colleagues on the Governing Council and the people of Iraq," Paul Bremer said in a written statement.
Gunmen fired on a car carrying Hashemi, a career diplomat from a prominent Shi'ite Muslim family, near her home in a Baghdad suburb on Saturday morning. She sustained wounds to the abdomen. Three people traveling with her were also wounded.
After initial treatment in a Baghdad hospital, she was transferred to a U.S. military hospital.
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