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Rocket attack kills four in Baghdads Green Zone
 BAGHDAD - Four US government contractors, all from Asia, were killed in a rocket strike on the heavily fortified Green Zone compound in Baghdad on Wednesday, the US embassy said on Thursday. It is with a profound sense of sadness and regret that we announce the loss of four US government contractors as the result of a rocket attack on the International Zone in Baghdad, Iraq on May 2nd, 2007, the embassy said in a statement.The embassy had initially identified those killed as all being from the Philippines. It said in a later statement revising their nationalities that one was from the Philippines, two were from India and the fourth was from Nepal. Sunni Arab insurgent group the Islamic Army in Iraq claimed responsibility for the attack. It said on its Web site the attack was an attempt to hit the US embassy with two rockets. Thanks God, the hit was precise and led to great casualties among occupation troops who were at this location, it said. Posted by: Steve White 2007-05-04 |
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