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3 Egyptian consulate staff slightly wounded in blasts
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: Three members of the Egyptian diplomatic mission were slightly wounded in a blast that targeted the consulate building in Baghdad, said the Iraqi Foreign Ministry in a press release on Sunday.“Terrorist groups carried out today's operations with car bombs targeting the headquarters of some diplomatic missions in Baghdad, including the German embassy and the Egyptian consulate in al-Mansour neighborhood and the Iranian embassy in al-Salhiya neighborhood,' read the release as received by Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Several policemen guarding these buildings were killed or wounded but none of diplomats were harmed save slight injuries of three members of the Egyptian mission,' it added. The Egyptian mission had re-started its work in November 2009 under Ambassador Kamal Shaheen, who had been appointed by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to Iraq four years after charge d'affaires Ihab al-Sherif was kidnapped and killed in Baghdad in 2005. The Iranian embassy had announced that none of its staff was killed or wounded in the blasts that targeted its building. Posted by: Steve White 2010-04-05 |
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