AlQa'dah 1, 1433, Sep 17, 2012, SPA - A suicide bomber slammed a car packed with explosives into one of the gates of Baghdad's heavily guarded Green Zone on Monday, killing seven people, including three security officers, Iraqi officials said. Lawmaker Habib al-Turfi and two of his bodyguards were wounded in the blast, said Hameed Maala, a spokesman for the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council, according to a report of the Associated Press. The bombing took place during the morning rush hour near the bridge over the Tigris River connecting the Karradah district and the Green Zone, where most government offices, the parliament and several embassies and foreign missions in Iraqi capital are located. The blast set several cars ablaze, officials said. A hospital official said that 26 people, including eight security officers, were wounded in the explosion.
