BAGHDAD, May 22, 2008 (UPI) -- Five security guards at the Algerian embassy in Baghdad were wounded by a bombing, authorities said.
The Interior Ministry said the explosion Wednesday night occurred in the Mansour neighborhood, where many foreign embassies are located, CNN reported.
Many Arab countries have been leery of opening embassies in Iraq. Two Algerian diplomats were kidnapped and killed by insurgents in 2005, with al-Qaida claiming responsibility.