UN envoy looking into blasts arrives in Baghdad

Baghdad: A special United Nations envoy appointed to look into bombings last August at two ministries in Baghdad is meeting with senior Iraqi officials discuss the blasts.

Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Oscar Fernandez-Taranco arrived in Baghdad late Sunday and was meeting officials Monday. He was appointed by the UN following requests by Iraq's prime minister to look into the blasts at the foreign and finance ministries.

Iraq has blamed an alliance between Al Qaida in Iraq and Saddam Hussein's outlawed Baath Party for the truck bombings on Aug. 19 that killed about 100 people.

The UN Secretary-General has said he decided to appoint Fernandez-Taranco before twin suicide bombings in October killed 155 people.