http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1110AP_Iraq_Escaped_Official.htmlNEW YORK -- A former Iraqi minister convicted of corruption there says he broke out of a Baghdad jail over the weekend because he feared he was about to be assassinated, according to published reports Wednesday.
In telephone interviews Tuesday with both the Chicago Tribune and The New York Times, Ayham al-Samaraie said a "multinational" group helped him escape Sunday from a police station inside Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.
He also sent an e-mail to the Chicago Sun-Times and others Tuesday, saying, "Hi, I am OK and out of their reach."
He would not reveal his current location, but did tell the Times he was out of Iraq. He told the Tribune he was "now in a very safe place. ... They cannot touch me anymore."
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