DATE=9/17/2000 TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT TITLE=IRAQ / ROCKET ATTACK (S-O) NUMBER=2-266616 BYLINE=SCOTT BOBB DATELINE=CAIRO CONTENT= VOICED AT: INTRO: Iraq says Iranian agents have fired three rockets into a residential area near Baghdad, wounding one-civilian and damaging several houses. The Iranian government has not confirmed or denied the incident, as we hear in this report from Correspondent Scott Bobb in our Middle East Bureau in Cairo. TEXT: The Iraqi News Agency says three 120-millimeter rocket shells landed in Baghdad before dawn (Sunday). The agency quoted security sources as blaming Iran for the attack and warning that it would not go unpunished. Relations between the two Gulf neighbors remain tense 12-years after the Iran-Iraq war. Iraq supports the Iranian opposition group Mujahadeen Khalq, which recently staged several grenade attacks in Tehran. Iran supports Iraqi groups that have attacked reported Mujahadeen bases around Baghdad. The latest incident comes amid rising tensions between Iraq and other Gulf neighbors. Iraq has accused Kuwait of pumping Iraqi oil from a field straddling their common border. Kuwait has denied the charge and warned Iraq will pay dearly if it launches any military aggression. (SIGNED) NEB/SB/ALW/RAE 17-Sep-2000 10:40 AM EDT (17-Sep-2000 1440 UTC) NNNN Source: Voice of America .
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