MORTAR ROUND KILLS THREE IN GREEN ZONE AND INJURES SEVEN. SHARP RISE IN VIOLENCE IN IRAQ

Mortar kills 3, wounds 7 at entry to Iraqi Defense Ministry building

Baghdad - Voices of Iraq
Sunday , 08 /06 /2008 Time 3:31:28
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Baghdad, Jun 8, (VOI)- At least three people were killed and seven more wounded on Sunday when a mortar round fell near the gateway to Iraqi Defense Ministry building in Baghdad’s fortified Green Zone, a police source said.

“A mortar fell onto the Defense Ministry compound inside the Green Zone, today, killing three persons and wounding seven,” the source, who spoke on anonymity condition, told Aswat al-Iraq- Voices of Iraq- (VOI).The fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad is the seat to Iraqi government, parliament and some ministries as well as the foreign embassies in Iraq including the U.S. and British.SK