Zarqawi attack on Green Zone kills 32

AT least 32 people were killed in attacks in Iraq yesterday, including bombings inside Baghdad’s heavily-fortified Green Zone said to have been claimed by the suspected al-Qaida chief in the country, Abu Mussab al-Zarqawi.

The bloodshed comes only a day after Prime Minister Iyad Allawi warned the rebel city of Fallujah to surrender Zarqawi, accused of masterminding dozens of deadly attacks in Iraq and with a $25 million US bounty on his head.

It also came a day ahead of the expected start of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. The attacks in the Green Zone killed at least seven people, including two US civilians, and wounded at least eight, a US officer said. At least one suicide bomber was involved, US officials said.