Explosion rocks cafe inside Iraqi parliament building in

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Baghdad, official says BAGHDAD, APRIL 12, SPA -- A bomb rocked Iraq's parliament building inthe heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, and manypeople were wounded, AP quoted a parliament official as saying. The explosion took place in a cafeteria while severallawmakers were eating lunch, said Mohammed Abu Bakr, whoheads the media department at the parliament. «Several people were wounded, including members ofparliament and some employees,» Abu Bakr said. Initial media reports said at least four people werewounded. Al-Arabiyah television said a member of parliamentwas killed. A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, which is alsoin the Green Zone, said no Americans were injured in theblast. «We are aware of reports of an explosion in the GreenZone. We are investigating the nature and source of theexplosion,» spokesman Lou Fintor said. «No Embassyemployees or U.S. citizens were affected.» --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/440383

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