At Least 8 Killed in Baghdad Blast

World | October 4, 2004, Monday // 00:00

At least 8 people have been killed and more than 50 were wounded when a car bomb exploded near the Green Zone in Baghdad. Witnesses claim that a car raced towards the entrance, where the US military has a checkpoint, but blew up before reaching it, detonating amid bystanders. There was no immediate word on any dead, but sources said many were wounded. The Green Zone, a well-defended complex that houses the interim Iraqi government and the U.S. and British embassies, is regularly attacked by insurgents, who fire mortars into its confines.

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