BAGHDAD —Three large explosions near the American embassy shook downtown Baghdad Tuesday night, at the same time as Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr. was scheduled to be in the compound visiting with American officials.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/16/world/middleeast/16iraq.html?ref=world
It was unclear if he was in the building at the time of the attack.
There were no immediate reports of casualties and it was unclear if the American embassy itself had been struck, according to witnesses.
The first mortar landed short of the embassy, according to a western security official who witnessed the attack. That rocket fell within an apartment across the street where local Iraqis live.
A second mortar landed at about 7:10 p.m., but it was unclear where it landed.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
NEWS ALERT: "GREEN ZONE" HIT BY AT LEAST 3 MORTAR ROUNDS DURING BIDEN VISIT
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