Blasts outside Iraqi Foreign Ministry as US top official visits
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Tue, 10/07/2008 - 09:26.
Two blasts occurred outside Iraq's Foreign Ministry on Tuesday as visiting US Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to hold a press conference in the Green Zone compound, al-Jazeera satellite channel reported.
The Foreign Ministry building is adjacent to the fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic compound.
Journalists were gathering for a news conference to be given by Negroponte and Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari when the blasts took place, al-Jazeera reported.
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