NEWS ALERT: GREEN ZONE IN BAGHDAD HIT BY ROCKET ATTACK

Conditions in Iraq are anything but peaceful as the Bush Administration and their puppet propaganda organization FOX NEWS would lead Americans to believe.

Two UN contractors killed in Baghdad rocket attack

Sat Nov 29, 3:54 am ET

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081129/wl_mideast_afp/iraqunrestun

BAGHDAD (AFP) – Two foreign UN contractors were killed and another 15 wounded when a rocket slammed into Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone on Saturday, according to the United Nations.

"Today at 6:15 am (0315 GMT) one rocket hit nearby a UN compound in the International Zone," the UN Assistance Mission for Iraq (UNAMI) said, after initial reports that the projectile was a mortar round.

The statement said another 15 people were wounded, adding that all of the victims worked for a catering company contracted by the UN mission.

"No UN national or international staff were killed or injured as a result of the attack," it said.

A UN spokesperson declined to comment on the nationality of the contractors who were killed and wounded, saying only that they were not Iraqis.

The Green Zone in the centre of Baghdad, also known as the International Zone, houses parliament and a number of government buildings and embassies.

The United Nations dramatically scaled down its presence in Iraq after a suicide truck bombing against its headquarters in 2003 killed 22 people, including its top Iraq envoy, Sergio Vieira de Mello.