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BAGHDAD, March 28 (KUNA) -- A mortar shell targeted the office of Iraq's
Vice President Tareq Al-Hashimi in the heavily fortified green zone in
Baghdad, Iraqi security source said on Friday.
The source told KUNA the mortar shell landed this afternoon on this office,
injuring two bodyguards, but without causing any harm to Al-Hashimi because
who was not in his office at that time.
Mortar shell attacks have been hammering the green zone since the start of
the Basra operation last Tuesday.
Last night, the US embassy announced the demise of one its employees who
was working and injuring two others as a result of a mortar shell attack. (end)
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