Iraq: Mortars target US embassy
16/10/2005 09:10 - (SA)
Baghdad - Mortar rounds landed early on Sunday within the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, a day after a landmark referendum on Iraq's draft constitution took place in relative calm.
"At about 07:15 (04:15 GMT), two mortars hit inside the international zone," US embassy spokesperson Vicki Stein said.
" There were no injuries and no significant damage," she added.
Three explosions had been heard but the US spokesperson had no information on the third blast, which rocked the city as light traffic began to resume following a day-long ban on vehicles throughout the country on polling day.
The Green Zone houses the US and British embassies, as well as Iraqi government offices.
An Iraqi defence ministry source confirmed that two mortar explosions had been reported, and added that a US patrol had been targeted by a homemade bomb about an hour later in Dura, a restive southern neighbourhood of Baghdad.
One Humvee vehicle was said to have been damaged, but the source had no details on possible casualties.
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Baghdad - Mortar rounds landed early on Sunday within the heavily protected Green Zone in Baghdad, a day after a landmark referendum on Iraq's draft constitution took place in relative calm.
"At about 07:15 (04:15 GMT), two mortars hit inside the international zone," US embassy spokesperson Vicki Stein said.
" There were no injuries and no significant damage," she added.
Three explosions had been heard but the US spokesperson had no information on the third blast, which rocked the city as light traffic began to resume following a day-long ban on vehicles throughout the country on polling day.
The Green Zone houses the US and British embassies, as well as Iraqi government offices.
An Iraqi defence ministry source confirmed that two mortar explosions had been reported, and added that a US patrol had been targeted by a homemade bomb about an hour later in Dura, a restive southern neighbourhood of Baghdad.
One Humvee vehicle was said to have been damaged, but the source had no details on possible casualties.
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