Mortar Attack on Iraqi' Foreign Ministry

World | October 7, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

A mortar attack targeted Iraq's foreign ministry after stalemate at the United Nations left US troops facing a long haul in efforts to stabilize and reconstruct the country "under new management" from Washington. The ministry compound was hit by one mortar bomb, which caused no casualties but shattered windows and left a crater in the garden, police and security guards said. The US military said a gunfight broke out soon after the blast, but it was not known if the two were connected. The area, also home to the US-led ruling coalition's main offices in ousted president Saddam Hussein's former republican palace and the Baghdad convention centre, is among the most heavily guarded neighbourhoods in the city.

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