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Iraq
Blast Hits Italian Mission in Baghdad
2003-11-27
Follow-up and EFL
The Italian mission in Baghdad was hit and damaged by a rocket or mortar strike late Wednesday, but there were no injuries, a Foreign Ministry official said in Rome. State-run RAI television said only a few people were in the building at the time of the blast, which targeted the second floor. The head of the mission, Gianludovico de Martino di Montegiordano, wasn’t inside at the time, RAI reported.
Now, 'atsa name!
A U.S. military spokesman confirmed that a rocket-propelled grenade attack against the Italian mission took place at around 11 p.m. local time. ``We have no reports of casualties,’’ said military spokesman Sgt. Danny Martin. An Italian Foreign Ministry official, speaking in Rome on condition of anonymity, said the offices that were targeted were empty at the time of the blast, which occurred at about 11:30 p.m. local time. ``We can rule out that any people were injured,’’ the official said.
Thank goodness.
Posted by:Steve White

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