A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded eight at an Iraqi funeral today.

Iraq’s prime minister pledged to expand his crackdown on Shiite militias to Baghdad, despite a mixed performance so far against militants in the southern city of Basra.

Assailants and militiamen loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr wounded 15 US troops in four separate attacks in Baghdad, the US command said today.