Tuesday 04 January 2005, 12:22 Makka Time, 9:22 GMT
Thirteen people have been killed and at least twenty-eight wounded after a truck bomb exploded close to the fortified complex in Baghdad's green zone, as reported by Iraqi Journalist Ziyad al-Samaray, who said that there had been a very loud explosion in the capital at 8:50 a.m.
He also specified that the truck bomb was meant to hit the Iraqi special forces headquarters in Al-Qadisiya (a neighbourhood in Baghdad).
Iraqi police and US forces were cordoning the area when ambulances arrived.
Some houses nearby were damaged as well.
Il Romanaccio at 4:56 PM