Sunni Arabs are ready to end their boycott of talks to form a new government if rival Shiites return mosques seized in last week’s sectarian attacks and meet other unspecified demands, a Sunni official said today.

A suicide car bomber attacked a Shiite Muslim community centre near Baghdad today, killing three people and wounding eight, police said.

Two defecting Iraqi spies say a secret government camp in the country trained Islamic militants to hijack a plane.