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Insurgents Attack Iraqi Interior Ministry


5 September 2005 -- Insurgents launched a surprise attack on Iraq's Interior Ministry today, killing two police guards and wounding five others.

Reports said the insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades and automatic weapons at a police checkpoint outside the ministry building and then escaped.

It wasn't clear if the insurgents suffered any casualties.

(AP/AFP)

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