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Saturday, January 29, 2005
Oy Vey
A rocket or mortar hit the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad late Saturday on the eve of Iraq's landmark elections, killing two people and wounding four, a U.S. Embassy official said.Link.
One round fell into the Embassy's compound in the heavily fortified Green Zone in central Baghdad, according to the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
The U.S. military said an explosion at the site was being investigated.
Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan confirmed the embassy had been hit in an attack and said there appeared to have been casualties, but could give no details.
The second official then confirmed that two had been killed and four injured.
Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of the two casualties, as well the many injured survivors.
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