IRAQ: BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE GREEN ZONE IN BAGHDAD, ANOTHER BOMB ON MAIN ROAD, EASTERN BAGHDAD.

Record ID: 358773

  • Title: IRAQ: BOMB EXPLODES OUTSIDE GREEN ZONE IN BAGHDAD, ANOTHER BOMB ON MAIN ROAD, EASTERN BAGHDAD.
  • Date: 24th April 2004
  • Summary: (W4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MAY 24, 2004) (REUTERS) GREEN ZONE BOMB 1. FIREFIGHTERS PUTTING OUT THE FIRE AFTER GV/GV/PAN: EXPLOSION NEAR THE FOREIGN MINISTRY AND OUTSIDE THE GREEN ZONE (3 SHOTS) 0.28 2. GV: FIRE ENGINE AT SCENE 0.33 3. GV/MV: VARIOUS OF IRAQI POLICE, US SOLDIERS, DAMAGED CAR (5 SHOTS) 1.08 (U4) BAGHDAD, IRAQ (MAY 24, 2004
  • Embargoed: 9th May 2004 13:00
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  • Location: BAGHDAD, IRAQ
  • Country: Iraq
  • Reuters ID: LVA2OU7SKM1X20HQ03IWCX3VV726
  • Story Text: Blast outside Green Zone in Baghdad and car bomb on
    main road, eastern Baghdad.




    US Captain Murray said it was difficult to ascertain
    how the car had exploded in front of the Green Zone, in
    Baghdad, on Monday (May 24). But he confirmed that
    four people were killed in the blast and that the blown up
    vehicle was armoured.

    The four-wheel drive vehicle blew up near an entrance
    to Baghdad's "Green Zone" compound where the U.S.-led
    administration is based, and soldiers at the scene said
    they suspected a car bomb.

    U.S. soldiers, Iraqi police and firefighters were
    quickly on the scene, dousing the burnt out white sport
    utility vehicle with water, sending clouds of steam and
    smoke into the air.

    Soldiers said the blast flipped at least one car into
    the air. The busy road, which is lined with shops and leads
    to the Green Zone and the nearby Foreign Ministry, was
    sealed off.

    There was another blast, earlier in the day, on a main
    road in eastern Baghdad.

    Witnesses there said they saw the charred bodies of
    three people inside the car which blew up when a road side
    bomb exploded, on a main road in eastern Baghdad. They said
    the bomb was targeted at a passing US convoy. There were no
    reports of US casualties.

    Last week, a suicide car bomb attack on another
    entrance to the Green Zone killed several Iraqis, including
    the president of the U.S.-appointed Governing Council.


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