Spoetnik
04-01-05, 17:45
Truck bomb
Also on Tuesday, a truck bomb exploded at a police post near an entrance to the fortified Green Zone complex in Baghdad, killing at least 13 people and wounding at least 28.
Speaking to Aljazeera, Iraqi journalist Ziyad al-Samarai said a very loud explosion rocked Baghdad at 8.50am (0550 GMT).
The journalist said the explosion targeted the headquarters of the special Iraqi forces in al-Qadisiya neighbourhood in Baghdad.
Ambulances rushed to the explosion site, while Iraqi police and US forces cordoned off the area, he said, adding that columns of smoke were seen rising from the site and some nearby houses were also damaged in the explosion.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/39502300-F8AE-4DE1-B005-A3587E8D3A16.htm
Also on Tuesday, a truck bomb exploded at a police post near an entrance to the fortified Green Zone complex in Baghdad, killing at least 13 people and wounding at least 28.
Speaking to Aljazeera, Iraqi journalist Ziyad al-Samarai said a very loud explosion rocked Baghdad at 8.50am (0550 GMT).
The journalist said the explosion targeted the headquarters of the special Iraqi forces in al-Qadisiya neighbourhood in Baghdad.
Ambulances rushed to the explosion site, while Iraqi police and US forces cordoned off the area, he said, adding that columns of smoke were seen rising from the site and some nearby houses were also damaged in the explosion.
http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/39502300-F8AE-4DE1-B005-A3587E8D3A16.htm