Baghdad TV Station Bombed, Seven Die

According to this report, a car bomb gouged a hole in the building housing the offices of Al-Arabiya Television, killing seven and wounding 19.

A group calling itself Thawrat al-Ishrin (Revolution of the 1920s) Brigades claimed responsibility for what it called an attack on "the infidels' television" in a statement posted on an Islamist website. Its authenticity could not be confirmed.

The station's Baghdad bureau chief, Haidar al-Wattar, said Al-Arabiya, which had lost three journalists by US fire, had now been "attacked by the other side", which was the price to pay for its "objectivity."

In another report, the group is identified as the National Islamic Resistance, 1920 Revolution Brigades. Calling Al-Arabiya "the mouthpiece of the American occupation in Iraq," the group warned of more attacks against the station.

The station's offices are located in the western Mansour District of Baghdad, not far from the Green Zone.