Deadly Blast Hits Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad

By Jamie Tarabay,

Published April 12, 2007 at 5:00 AM CDT

At least three people died in an explosion at the Iraqi Parliament in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday.

An Iraqi police official said the explosion occurred when a man wearing a suicide belt and carrying a suitcase blew himself up in the convention center cafeteria.

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After reporting from Iraq for two years as NPR's Baghdad Bureau Chief, Jamie Tarabay is now embarking on a two year project reporting on America's Muslims. The coverage will take in the country's approx 6 million Muslims, of different ethnic, socio-economic and cultural backgrounds, and the issues facing their daily lives as Americans.

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