Al Qaeda claims assault on Iraqi justice ministry

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Al Qaeda's Iraqi affiliate said on Sunday it carried out a coordinated suicide bomb and gun attack on the country's justice ministry last week that killed at least 25 people in the centre of Baghdad. The assault near the heavily fortified Green Zone, where several Western embassies and government offices are located, fanned fears about Iraq's still fragile security a decade after the invasion that ousted Saddam Hussein. Three car bombs exploded and a suicide bomber blew himself up in broad daylight in the heart of the capital on Thursday. ...




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