Iraqi ex-minister says seeks refuge at US embassy

BAGHDAD, Oct 11 (Reuters) A former Iraqi electricity minister said he had sought shelter at the US embassy in Baghdad today, shortly after an Iraqi court sentenced him to two years in jail for wasting public money.

Ayham al-Samarraie, who served in the first post-war interim government of Prime Minister Iyad Allawi and holds an American passport. ''I have reached the American embassy,'' Samarraie told Reuters.

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