Iraqi policemen hand cuff a man after an explosion inside a building where the Iraqi Vice President, Adel Abdul-Mahdi, held a speech in Baghdad. Iraq's vice president escaped an apparent assassination attempt after a bomb exploded in municipal offices where he was making the speech, knocking him down with the force of the blast that left at least 10 people dead.

First published in the February 26, 2007, 4:06 p.m. edition

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