From: "Rich Gauszka" 

Looks like the Green Zone is no longer safe since security has been turned
over to the Iraqis

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/6548337.stm

An explosion has hit a cafeteria at the Iraqi parliament, killing at least
eight people, at least two of them MPs, the US military has said. Police
said they believed a suicide bomber was involved. Twenty-three people were
injured in the attack.

The cafe, in Baghdad's highly fortified Green Zone, is for MPs and their
staff, some of whom were having lunch there.

Earlier, a bomb on a bridge in Baghdad killed at least eight people and
sent several cars into the River Tigris.


Click here for a aerial map of the Green Zone The two attacks are major
blows to the much-trumpeted Baghdad security surge now in its third month,
the BBC's Jim Muir in Baghdad says.

The convention centre where parliament meets is one of the most heavily
guarded buildings in the country, he says.

There are sniffer dogs, and all the other usual precautions are taken.
Sometimes several searches are made within the space of just a few metres.

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