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Baghdad ministry blast kills 4, v-president unhurt
26 Feb 2007 08:44:38 GMT
Source: Reuters

BAGHDAD, Feb 26 (Reuters) - A blast at an Iraqi ministry during a ceremony attended by Vice President Adel Abdul-Mahdi killed four people on Monday but the vice president was unhurt, an employee at the ministry told Reuters.

The employee said it appeared a mortar round had hit the Public Works Ministry building.
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Former Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi (L) talks to Iraq's Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi (C) and Adnan al-Dulaimi, leader of the Iraqi Accordance Front during a luncheon meeting in Baghdad, February 24, 2007. Picture taken February 24, 2007.