Survivors of a US attack on Iraq’s border with Syria say a bomb scored a direct hit on a tent where wedding party revellers were sleeping.

A suicide bomber blew up his car outside an army recruiting centre in central Baghdad today killing around 47 people and injuring 50.

A car bomb exploded today outside an army recruiting centre in central Baghdad where dozens of Iraqis were lining up to volunteer for the military, killing around 25 people, the US command said.