U.S. Army Lt. Col. Louis Zeisman along with Iraqi Brig. Gen. Ali Ibraheem Dabown and Col. Timothy McGuire walk down a neighborhood street in the city of Sumer Al-Ghadier, in the 9 Nissan district of eastern Baghdad, May 28, 2009. Dabown commands the Iraq's 2nd National Police Division's 8th Brigade. Zeisman commands the 82nd Airborne Division's 3rd Brigade Combat Team, Multinational Division Baghdad. U.S. Army photo by Sgt. 1st Class Alex LiceaTensions Rise As Iraq Blames Baathists In Syria For Bombings -- McClatchy News
BAGHDAD — Iraq Tuesday demanded that Syria hand over two high-ranking Iraqi Baath Party officials following last week's bombing of two government ministries. Iraq later recalled its ambassador to Damascus for consultations, and Syria followed suit, withdrawing its envoy from Baghdad.
The bombings, executed with thousands of pounds of nitrate fertilizer carried on trucks, killed at least 95 people and wounded more than 1,200 near the Foreign and Finance Ministry buildings last Wednesday.
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