A SUICIDE car bomb exploded on a busy Iraqi street yesterday, killing at least 68 people - almost all civilians - in one of the deadliest single insurgent attacks since the US invasion.

A suicide car bomber struck outside a police recruiting centre today, killing 68 Iraqis and turning the busy streets of Baqouba into a bloody tangle of twisted metal and dead bodies.

A huge explosion detonated by a suicide attacker in a bomb-laden lorry tore through central Baqouba today, killing 51 people and injuring scores more.

A suicide attacker killed at least 30 people and injured more than 55 when he exploded a bomb-laden vehicle outside a central Baqouba police station today.