Two powerful explosions rocked the area outside Baghdad heavily fortified Green Zone on Tuesday, wounding at least five people, an Interior Ministry source and witnesses said.
The interior ministry source could not immediately tell what caused the explosions, but he said that at least five people were wounded by the blasts which took place in a quick succession.
The ministry source said several nearby civilian cars were damaged by the blasts.
Witnesses said two car bombs detonated, one of them near a military vehicle at a park opposite to the Iraqi Foreign Ministry near the entrance of the Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government offices and foreign embassies, including the U.S. one.
The attack occurred shortly before U.S. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte was due to address reporters inside the tightly-guarded zone.
Source: Xinhua
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