Car bomb near Green Zone kills at least 2, injures 5 incl policemen

(23 Jan 2006) SHOTLIST

1. Wide shot of blast scene, showing wreckage and policemen
2. Exterior of Iranian embassy with Iranian flag on the roof
3. Mid of sign reading: "Iranian Embassy''
4. Various mid shots of wrecked car with Iraqi soldiers
5. Wide pan from wreckage to destroyed police car
6. Dead body in body bag being placed in ambulance
7. Wide of ambulance
8. Wide of the blast scene
9. Mid of destroyed police car
10. Various of scene showing police and fire engine

STORYLINE

A suicide car bomber targeted an Iraqi police patrol near Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone on Monday, killing two civilians and a policemen and wounding six other Iraqis, according to police.

The bomb exploded just after 1000 a.m. (0700 GMT), near a checkpoint into the Green Zone, which houses the Iraqi government and the US Embassy.

Another explosion was heard about 20 minutes later, but its source or location were not immediately known.

Officials said the suicide bomber caused the first blast by detonating an explosives-packed vehicle as a police patrol passed near the Iranian Embassy in Baghdad's Salhiyah neighbourhood.

The embassy building is located close to a checkpoint that has become known as "Assassins Gate," after numerous attacks by insurgents opposed to the US-led occupation and the American-backed Iraqi government.

The large explosion sent a plume of smoke rising into the sky.

Bursts of automatic weapons fire were heard immediately after the blast.

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