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Iraqi Insurgents Step Up Attacks on Arab Diplomats In Baghdad, gunmen attack senior diplomats from Pakistan and Bahrain. Bahrain's top envoy in Bahgdad was slightly wounded -- while the head of the Pakistani mission escaped injury.

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Iraqi Insurgents Step Up Attacks on Arab Diplomats

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Iraqi police stand guard outside Bahrain's embassy after a top diplomat was shot on his way to work in Baghdad July 5. Reuters hide caption

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In Baghdad, gunmen attack senior diplomats from Pakistan and Bahrain. Bahrain's top envoy in Bahgdad was slightly wounded -- while the head of the Pakistani mission escaped injury.

The attacks follow the weekend abduction of Egypt's top diplomat in Iraq. The targeting of Arab diplomats appears to be part of a new insurgent campaign to undermine recognition of Iraq's fledgling government.