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05-21-2007, 07:21 AM
BAGHDAD (Thomson Financial) - Mortar shell hits Iraqi parliament
BAGHDAD, May 21, 2007 (AFP) - A mortar shell struck the roof of
Iraq's parliament inside Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone on
Monday, shaking the building but causing no causalties.
'The rocket landed on the roof of the parliament right above the
speaker's office,' said Sheikh Sabah Saadi, an MP from the Shiite
Fadhila Party. 'There are no casualties but there is slight damage
to the office.'
The elected body was not in session and few lawmakers were in
the building, but after the attack employees were prevented from
leaving.
The Green Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government and home of the
US and British embassies, has been a regular target of mortar
strikes over the past month.
Two people were killed and another eight wounded when 10 mortars
slammed into the area last week, and another four Asian contractors
were killed in a similar attack at the beginning of the month.
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/05/21/afx3740978.html
BAGHDAD, May 21, 2007 (AFP) - A mortar shell struck the roof of
Iraq's parliament inside Baghdad's heavily protected Green Zone on
Monday, shaking the building but causing no causalties.
'The rocket landed on the roof of the parliament right above the
speaker's office,' said Sheikh Sabah Saadi, an MP from the Shiite
Fadhila Party. 'There are no casualties but there is slight damage
to the office.'
The elected body was not in session and few lawmakers were in
the building, but after the attack employees were prevented from
leaving.
The Green Zone, the seat of the Iraqi government and home of the
US and British embassies, has been a regular target of mortar
strikes over the past month.
Two people were killed and another eight wounded when 10 mortars
slammed into the area last week, and another four Asian contractors
were killed in a similar attack at the beginning of the month.
http://www.forbes.com/business/feeds/afx/2007/05/21/afx3740978.html