3 Killed in Baghdad Mortar Shell Attack
By VOA News
27 May 2009
Iraqi police said three people were killed and eight others wounded in a mortar shell attack in the capital, Baghdad.
They said the attack took place Wednesday on a busy street in Baghdad's Fadiliya neighborhood.
Separately, police said at least 15 people have been wounded in a car bombing just west of the capital.
Also Wednesday, the U.S. military said an American soldier has been killed in a roadside bombing near a patrol in western Baghdad.
Meanwhile, Belgian Foreign Minister Karel De Gucht began a two-day visit to Iraq Wednesday. He is expected to hold talks with Iraqi officials on developing bilateral ties.
In 1990, Belgium closed its embassy in Iraq after the army of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait. Brussels has not reopened the facility.
Belgium strongly opposed the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003.
On Monday, the U.S. military announced that the number of major attacks in Iraq fell about 50 percent in the past month.
Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.
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