Two bombs explode near Baghdad 'Green Zone'

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Source: AFP

BAGHDAD (AFP) - Two powerful bombs exploded just outside Baghdad's tightly-guarded Green Zone on Tuesday as US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside, an AFP correspondent said.

An Iraqi military officer said at one soldier was wounded in the blasts.

The first blast targeted a parked Iraqi army armoured car, and a few minutes later a car bomb went off at a nearby car park opposite the foreign ministry, just outside the Green Zone, which is home to Iraq's government and also houses the US embassy.

Soldiers fired in the air to keep motorists and pedestrians out of the area.

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[OakCliffDem]

1. The surge is working so well a person can walk around Baghdad without being in a tank

Body armor is optional though.