Insurgents have
penetrated Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone to carry out two bomb
attacks, at least one believed to be a suicide bombing. Four Americans
and six Iraqis are now known to have died, US officials said. The Green
Zone, where Iraqi government offices and US forces are based, comes
under frequent mortar fire. But these attacks - in what is supposed to
be the safest place in Iraq - are the first major breach of security
inside the zone, correspondents say. In a statement posted on an
Islamic website, the group led by Jordanian militant Abu Musab
al-Zarqawi said it was behind the blasts, which it described as one of
their "most successful operations." [more ]
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