Explosions near home of interim Prime Minister

Описание: (7 Jul 2004) SHOTLIST

Central Baghdad, 07 July 2004
1. Tracking shot of road blocked off by US humvees near house of Iraqi interim Prime Minister, Iyad Allawi
2. US humvees
3. Iraqi police cars
4. Iraqi police men
5. Small crater at side of road
6. Civilians walking past police cars
7. Various of humvees at site

Dora neighbourhood, southern Baghdad, 07 July 2004
8. Crater at scene of second blast with people watching
9. Crater in road
10. Boys standing by crater
11. SOUNDBITE: (Arabic) Ali Mohammed, Police commissioner:
"At 8 o'clock, a rocket landed in al-Jamiya neighbourhood in Dora, injuring two children who were taken to hospital."
12. Police car at scene
13. Crater

STORYLINE:

Four mortar rounds rocked a neighbourhood near the political party headquarters of Iraq's new interim prime minister on Wednesday, injuring six people, according to an Interior Ministry official.

The attacks on a stretch of Zeitoun Street in central Baghdad also hit near a home owned by interim Prime Minister Iyad Allawi, the official said on condition of anonymity.

Allawi was not present at the home at the time.

About an hour later, another explosion rocked the Dora neighbourhood.

According to a police commissioner at the scene, two children were injured in the blast.

The US military had no immediate word on the Wednesday morning explosions.

The attacks came only hours before the interim government was set to unveil a long-anticipated law giving Allawi the authority to impose emergency measures to safeguard the country's security.

The new law gives Iraqi officials the ability to institute martial law for limited periods of time and under special circumstances.

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