Suicide bombers penetrated the headquarters of allied forces in Iraq for the first time yesterday, killing 10 people and provoking an urgent review of security in Baghdad's Green Zone. Four American contract workers and six Iraqis died and at least 18 others were wounded when the bomb exploded at a crowded bazaar less than 200 yards from the US embassy. American personnel often shop there for souvenirs. A second killer struck at a popular cafe.
A contractor said the Green Zone Cafe had been blown to "smithereens" in the blast. "It doesn't exist anymore," he said. "Everyone in the cafe is in pieces. There are pieces of bodies everywhere." The American, whose office is across the street from the site of the first bomb, said he and his colleagues were forbidden by their company from using the cafe after a bomb was found outside weeks ago. However, he said, people had started filtering back in. Abdul Razak Mohammed, a waiter at the cafe, said two men, aged about 25, came in carrying bags. "One ordered tea," he said. "They were asked by another cafe employee if they were Iraqis and the man answered 'No, we're Jordanians'."
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