(12 Apr 2007)
1. Wide of Iraqi parliament in green Zone (in front of building with cranes on the roof)
2. Pan of river towards buildings surrounding the parliament building
3. Helicopters in the sky above trees
4. Buildings surrounding parliament in Green Zone
5. Wide of Iraqi Parliament in green zone
STORYLINE:
A bomb rocked Iraq's parliament building in the heavily fortified Green Zone , killing at least two politicians on Thursday.
The blast happened during the third month of a U.S.-Iraqi crackdown on violence in the capital.
Mohammed Awad, a member of the Sunni National Dialogue Front, was killed in the blast, said Saleh al-Mutlaq, the leader of the party, which holds 11 seats in Iraq's legislature.
Another female Sunni lawmaker from the same list was wounded, he said.
A security official at the parliament building, speaking on condition of anonymity, said a second lawmaker, a Shiite member, was also killed.
The explosion took place in a cafeteria while several lawmakers were eating lunch, said Mohammed Abu Bakr, who heads the media department at the parliament.
Apparently earlier on Thursday security officials at the parliament were concerned that an attack might take place and as a precaution they were using sniffer dogs as people entered the building.
There has been no claim responsibility for the attack.

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