TWO suicide car bombers struck a crowded area outside a state-run bank yesterday in Baghdad, killing nearly 30 people in the latest attack targeting a high-profile part of the capital.

The suicide boat attacks struck at the heart of Iraqi hopes for reconstruction and future prosperity.

A FIREFIGHT erupted when US forces surrounded the home of a cousin of Saddam Hussein in the northern city of Mosul yesterday, apparently searching for the deposed dictator’s sons. The building later burned to the ground.