In the Green Zone……

BAGHDAD: A bomb rocked Iraq’s parliament building in the heavily fortified Green Zone on Thursday, killing at least two lawmakers in a stunning security breach in the third month of a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown on violence in the capital, officials said.

Mohammed Awad, a member of the Sunni National Dialogue Front, was killed in the blast, said Saleh al-Mutlaq, the leader of the party, which holds 11 seats in Iraq’s legislature.

Another female Sunni lawmaker from the same list was wounded, he said.

A security official at the parliament building said a second lawmaker, a Shiite member, was also killed. He spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media.

The explosion took place in a cafeteria while several lawmakers were eating lunch, said Mohammed Abu Bakr, who heads the media department at the parliament.

More at the International Herald Tribune

Also in Baghdad, a suicide bomber brought down a bridge.

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