IRAQ - Oct 14 - Bombers Strike In Baghdad's GreenZone.

Two suicide bombers strike inside the Green Zone in the centre of Baghdad, killing at least 10 people, the first time that guerrilla fighters have penetrated and successfully attacked the most heavily fortified US bastion in Iraq. The bombs struck a market and one of the zone's cafeterias, killing at least four US civilians. According to the US military, 20 people were injured. AP said the dead Americans were all employees of DynCorp, the US private security firm. The blasts come a month after a US military official warned private security companies he had insufficient soldiers to prevent intruders penetrating the compound's defences. He said the military could not guarantee the security of the perimeter surrounding the Green Zone. Last week, an improvised bomb was found close to where the bombs went off Oct 14, but it was successfully defused. Tawhid and Jihad, the militant group of Abu Musab Al Zarqawi, the Jordanian radical Islamist, claimed responsibility for the blasts. The Green Zone was created following the US capture of Baghdad in April 2003, from the complex of buildings that housed the central Baath party offices and government. Now, the four square mile complex is home to about 10,000 people, surrounded by barricades and checkpoints. It houses the interim government, the US and British embassies and residences, and entertainment facilities for hundreds of Americans working there. Until the summer, the zone had been an island of security for westerners. But the insurgency has spread into the centre of Baghdad, and attacks on the zone have increased. Last month, the Green Zone came under heavy attack from a five-hour mortar and rocket bombardment from nearby Haifa street. Up to 60 unexploded rockets were found inside the zone's perimeters after the barrage. After Oct 14 blasts, the US embassy "strongly encouraged" Americans to avoid the market and restaurants inside the compound, limit their movements, travel in groups and carry several means of communication. Coalition officials announced they would step up patrols and other security measures at key military installations. US aircraft continued to bomb Falluja on Oct 14. The military said they were striking suspected hideouts of Zarqawi's group. PM Iyad Allawi, said that Falluja must surrender foreign insurgents, including Zarqawi, or face attack. AP reports a delegation from Falluja suspended peace talks with the interim Iraqi government on Oct 14, due to Allawi's "impossible" demand to hand over Zarqawi whom even the Americans could not catch.