A suicide attacker detonated a massive car bomb today at a checkpoint near the British Embassy and the interim Iraqi government’s headquarters in Baghdad, killing 11 people and wounding 40, including a US soldier, authorities said.

At least ten people died and 40 were wounded, including one US soldier, when a massive car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies in Baghdad, police said.

At least nine people died and 20 were wounded when a massive car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies in Baghdad, police said.

A massive explosion rocked central Baghdad today, on the outskirts of the so-called Green Zone.