Roadside bomb ignites Baghdad blaze

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Source: AP

BAGHDAD - A bomb exploded next to a convoy of U.S. military vehicles driving down a commercial street in eastern Baghdad on Monday, setting dozens of stalls in a market ablaze.

The U.S. military said none of the soldiers involved was seriously hurt in the 2 a.m. blast. More than a dozen U.S. and Iraqi firefighting vehicles rushed to the scene to put out the fire, which continued until morning.

A Humvee was damaged in the blast, said an Iraqi police officer who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release the information.

Another bomb placed under a parked car near Tayaran Square in downtown Baghdad killed four people and wounded six Monday morning, police said. The blast missed a police patrol but hit a passing minibus, a police officer said.



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Eleven killed in surge of violence in Baghdad
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BAGHDAD (AFP) - A surge of violence in Baghdad killed eleven people, including five civilians who died when they were struck by a roadside bomb in the city centre aimed at a police patrol, officials said on Monday.

The bomb attack struck at around 11:00 am (0800 GMT) in Nidhal Street, one of the embattled capital's main thoroughfares, Iraqi security and medical officials said.

Five passersby were killed and nine people wounded, two of them policemen, a security official said.

The US military, meanwhile, said six "criminals" were killed late Sunday by American forces in east Baghdad, where security forces have been battling Shiite militiamen since April 6 in fierce clashes in which around 90 people have died.

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