Gunmen attack Iraqi Health Ministry building
Heavy clashes broke out this afternoon between gunmen and guards of the Iraqi Health Ministry building in north Baghdad, security officials said.
State-run Iraqiyah television said the Health Ministry was being attacked with mortars by “terrorists who are intending to control the building.
Iraqi troops were being rushed to the area and all roads leading the ministry in Bab al-Muadham neighbourhood were closed, said the security officials.
Health Minister Ali al-Shemari is a follower of radical anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, whose Mahdi Army militia is blamed for the death of many Sunnis.
