Car bomb blows up inside Baghdad Green Zone, 2 dead

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/BAK438061.htm

BAGHDAD, Oct 4 (Reuters) - A car bomber drove into Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone complex with a convoy of other vehicles on Tuesday and blew up, killing two people and wounding four, Iraqi police said.

The vehicle entered the Green Zone, which houses the U.S. and British embassies and the Iraqi government, by an entrance frequently used by the media and others.

Police said the car exploded as it was being searched at the first checkpoint inside the zone. Those killed and wounded were believed to be members of the Iraqi army.





A US helicopter hovers as a plume of black smoke rises from the edge of the Green Zone, the heavily guarded area where foreign embassies and Iraq's parliament are based, in Baghdad, Iraq, Tuesday, Oct. 4 2005, following an explosion. A suicide car bomb exploded at a checkpoint at the main entrance of Baghdad's Green Zone on Tuesday, killing two Iraqi policemen and wounding one, police said. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)