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Smoke visible after blast hits Baghdad "Green Zone"

Tue Mar 25, 2008 8:10am EDT
 
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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Smoke was visible over Baghdad's "Green Zone" government and diplomatic compound on Tuesday after a blast apparently caused by a rocket or mortar, Reuters witnesses said.

The blast around 3:00 p.m. (8 a.m. EDT) followed a series of blasts about an hour earlier.

(Reporting by Waleed Ibrahim; writing by Peter Graff)

 

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