News - Mohammed Awad
Iraqi lawmakers expressed outrage and resolve on Friday in a rare session of parliament on the Muslim holy day, less than 24 hours after a suicide bomber blasted through Green Zone security.
BAGHDAD, Iraq _ Everyday Iraqis, contemplating Thursday's brazen suicide attack on the parliament building deep in Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone, said Friday that they saw a silver lining in the wreckage: Now their political leaders know what life is like in the rest of the capital.
By STEVEN R. HURST and QASSIM ABDUL-ZAHRA, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BAGHDAD A suicide bomber slipped through the tightest security net in Baghdad and blew himself up in the midst of lawmakers having lunch in the Parliament dining hall Thursday. U.S.
By Bushra Juhi Associated Press BAGHDAD -- An insurgent umbrella group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Friday one of its "knights" carried out the parliament suicide bombing in Baghdad's Green Zone, and the U.S. military revised the death toll sharply downward to one dead.
An insurgent umbrella group that includes al-Qaida in Iraq claimed Friday one of its "knights" carried out the parliament suicide bombing in Baghdad's Green Zone, as Iraqi lawmakers gathered in a defiant session on the Muslim day of prayer.
