Former Iraqi Governing Council member Ahmed Chalabi (L) talks about how he escapes from an assassination attempt, on the sidelines of the first meeting of Iraq's interim parliament in Baghdad Sept. 1, 2004. Chalabi escaped from the assassination attempt, which left two of his bodyguards wounded, near Baghdad on Wednesday. The 100-member Iraqi interim parliament opened its first session on Wednesday. Its main task was to advise the interim government and to prepare for the elections due next January.
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