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To: stockman_scott who wrote (170514)9/5/2005 2:13:15 PM
From: geode00  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 281500
 
Insurgents Attack Iraq Interior Ministry

By SLOBODAN LEKIC
The Associated Press
Monday, September 5, 2005; 2:01 PM

BAGHDAD, Iraq -- Insurgents launched a surprise attack on Baghdad's heavily guarded Interior Ministry building Monday, killing two police officers and wounding several others, officials said. In southern Iraq, two British soldiers were killed by a roadside bomb.

Insurgent casualties were unknown in the rare daylight assault, which began soon after sunrise and lasted about 15 minutes. Thunderous explosions could be heard in the center of Baghdad as insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons....

washingtonpost.com