Baghdad, July 30, SPA -- A prominent Sunni Arab leader escapedan assassination attempt on a Baghdad highway Saturday byassailants dressed in military garb, he said. Sheik Khalaf Elaayan, head of the National DialogueCouncil, a Sunni political group with members on theconstitutional drafting committee, told The AssociatedPress he was in his car when gunmen wearing militaryuniforms like those "used by members of the Iraqi army'drove up alongside and opened fire. Elaayan said that his bodyguard was injured in the attack,which took place near an Iraqi army checkpoint. "I was surprised that the soldiers did not react or cometo help us although the checkpoint was less than 100 metersfrom where the attack took place," he said.--SPA1340 Local Time 1040 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/279961