A suicide bomber detonated his explosive belt, killing seven US-allied Sunni paramilitaries and wounding 22 others queueing for their salaries outside a military headquarters south of Baghdad today, police said.

The head of Saddam Hussein’s tribal clan was killed by a bomb planted on his car today.

A suicide bomber killed at least 45 people at an Iraqi funeral today.

The US military said today that it accidentally killed nine Iraqi civilians during an operation targeting al-Qaida in Iraq south of Baghdad.

Two separate suicide attacks in Iraq killed at least 34 people and wounded scores more today, shattering more than a week of relative calm.

Dozens of suspected al-Qaida militants stormed an Iraqi Shiite village north of Baghdad today, killing at least 13 people and torching homes, police said.