Insurgents killed at least 64 people in a wave of attacks against Iraqi security forces today.

A BOMB exploded outside a bank in the northern city of Kirkuk yesterday, killing at least 22 people, including child street vendors and pensioners waiting for their checks.

Saboteurs blew up a domestic oil pipeline in northern Iraq today, sending plumes of smoke leaping into the sky and forcing technicians to shut it down, officials said.

A ROCKET slammed into an American logistics base yesterday near the city of Balad, killing two US soldiers and wounding 26 people, and saboteurs again blew up a key oil pipeline.