Baghdad blasts kill 2, injure 5

BAGHDAD / IraqiNews.com: Two persons on Monday were killed and five others were wounded in two blasts that hit the Iraqi capital, according to a police source. “The two explosions, which occurred before noon at an Iraqi oil ministry parking lot in eastern Baghdad, killed two individuals and injured five others according to an initial count,” the source told IraqiNews.com news agency. A ministry spokesperson said that one of the blasts appeared to have been caused by a car bomb. SS (P) 1