Blasts heard from near U.S.-led authority HQ in Iraq - Inside Green Zone

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http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L08456240.htm

BAGHDAD, April 8 (Reuters) - Explosions sounded across central Baghdad on Thursday, and police said they had come from inside the "Green Zone" where the U.S.-led administration in Iraq has its headquarters.

"Those were not controlled explosions. We are checking on them," a U.S. military spokeswoman said.

Earlier on Thursday, two bombs were found and defused inside the heavily fortified Green Zone, soldiers at the scene said.

The soldiers said the "improvised explosive devices" were found on Thursday morning. The sprawling Green Zone area includes several buildings and offices, including one of the palaces of the toppled Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein.

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1. tick tock--tick--tock

one two-they will be coming for you
three-four-- the "insurgents" are at your door
five -six should have listened to blix
seven-eight soon there will be no kuwait
nine-ten the hearts and minds we won't win

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2. That matches the report on MSNBC about smoke seen rising from HQ.

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3. Fresh Violence, More Casualties Reported Throughout Iraq

Series Of Explosions Heard In Baghdad
Fresh Violence, More Casualties Reported Throughout Iraq

POSTED: 8:22 a.m. EDT April 8, 2004
UPDATED: 9:16 a.m. EDT April 8, 2004

Several explosions have been heard in Baghdad.

Smoke is rising from inside the Green Zone, the sealed-off neighborhood used by the U.S.-led coalition as headquarters.

The military has no immediate word on the cause of the blasts.

Fresh violence and more casualties are being reported throughout Iraq.

An Iraqi doctor said a donkey cart filled with explosives blew up just moments after a U.S. military convoy went past it. He said 10 Iraqis were killed and 20 injured in the incident near the town of Baqouba. No U.S. casualties were reported in that incident.

In the nearby town of Samara, witnesses said gunmen in passing cars fired on a car, killing three men. They said the men worked as translators for American forces and had been branded traitors.

South of Baghdad, the Iraqis said several attackers with rocket-propelled grenades fired at U.S. military vehicles. They said U.S. troops shot back, killing three attackers. The others fled.

And on the outskirts of Baghdad, insurgents fired on a fuel truck, starting a huge fire.

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