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Iraq: UN's Ban shaken by blast on first visit to Iraq

Baghdad, Iraq - A visit "Toccata e fuga"

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was left shaken but unhurt on Thursday on his first visit to Baghdad after a Katyusha rocket landed just meters from a building where he was giving a news conference. Moments after telling journalists he might boost the United Nations' presence in Iraq because of improved security, a thunderous blast sent shockwaves through the conference venue, startling Ban and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1071517
Rome, Italy, 03/23/2007 17:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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