Four persons killed in a missile attack in Baghdad

A large explosion shook the Iraqi capital Baghdad yesterday evening. News reports said that the explosion which targeted al-Sadeer Novotille hotel resulted in killing four Iraqis, two of them are members of the Iraqi national guards.

The reports explained that the explosion resulted in the fall of two missiles in the back courtyard of the hotel. The two missiles also hit a residential house close to the hotel which is inhabited by foreigners, situated near the headquarters of one Iraqi security departments.

Meantime, the Iraqi security forces seized large amounts of weapons and explosives in Musil. A statement by the Iraqi national guards said that the weapons are 10 mortars shelling of various calibers and 43 bombs and land-to-air missile launching stations. The police detained in this operation, which is considered the greatest of its kind since authority transfer to the Iraqis, four persons.

In Baqouba to the north east of Baghdad, the Iraqi police found a large warehouse for weapons in a farm near al- Hashemeyah area to the north of the city and the operation resulted in detaining four persons. The warehouse includes large amounts of mortars, machineguns and explosives.