Blast Reported Near Ex-Iraqi Security HQ

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - An explosion shook an area of eastern Baghdad near the former headquarters of the Iraqi civil security force Saturday, and several vehicles could be seen on fire, witnesses said.

It appeared the blast occurred in a parking lot but no further details were available.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040522/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_blast&cid=540&ncid=716

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1. At least 5 reported Dead according to Reuters

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=578&e=3&u=/nm/20040522/ts_nm/iraq_blast_dead_dc
early reports from reuters

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2. "one of the wounded was Iraq's deputy interior minister"

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/22/international/middleeast/22WIRE-IRAQ.html?hp

U.S. soldiers and neighbours said one of the wounded was Iraq's deputy interior minister, identified as General Abdel Jabar al-Shikli. The bomb detonated directly in front of his house.

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3. Blast near home of Iraqi official kills 5 - MStreasonRUSSERT

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded outside the home of a deputy interior minister Saturday, wounding him and killing at least five people, including four police. The blast hurled two cars onto the front lawn of the official’s house, and police fired shots to disperse distraught bystanders who scuffled with them.

Abdul-Jabbar Youssef al-Sheikhli, the deputy minister in charge of security, was slightly injured in the forehead and right arm, said Hassan Hadi, a Health Ministry official. “I expect he will leave the hospital in a short time,” Hadi said.

Al-Sheikhli is a member of the Shiite Muslim Dawa party, which lost a prominent member this week in another fatal car bombing. On Monday, the president of the Iraqi Governing Council, Dawa member Izzadine Saleem, was killed along with at least six other people near the headquarters of the U.S.-run coalition in the capital.

U.S. soldier killed, three wounded...

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/5013551/