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Explosion Rocks Iraqi Parliament

Posted Apr 12, 07 7:39 AM CDT in World 

(Newser) – An explosion hit a restaurant inside the Iraqi parliament in Baghdad today, killing two members of parliament, wounding dozens and creating chaos in the capitol. The blast occurred when many MPs were having lunch, on a day when parliament was in session. The parliament building is deep within Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone.

Earlier in the day, a truck bomb caused a bridge to collapse into the Tigris, killing at least seven, including four policemen, and causing massive disruption. "There is a conspiracy to isolate the two halves of Baghdad," said Speaker Mahmoud Mashhadani of the attack.

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