At least 13 people were killed and dozens more wounded today when a suicide truck bomber targeted a police station in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk.

A suicide truck bomb exploded in the city of Kirkuk today killing at least 12 people and wounding another 55, police said.

A series of car bombs exploded in quick succession in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, killing at least 16 people and wounding more than 20.

A series of car bombs exploded in quick succession in the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk today, killing at least 15 people and wounding nearly 20.

At least five people were killed and 57 wounded in a bomb blast at a Baghdad pet market this morning.

Increased attacks by insurgents over the past two days have killed at least 44 Iraqis, including 12 labourers – five of them brothers – who were gunned down at a construction site.

A suicide car bomber killed two Iraqis and wounded five today in an attack on a police patrol in an area of Baghdad where insurgents had kidnapped and murdered a defence lawyer in Saddam Hussein’s trial last week, police said.

Iraqi security forces launched a high-profile crackdown targeting terrorists in Baghdad today as insurgents hit back with suicide bombings and ambushes that killed at least 17 people.

A pair of car bombs exploded near the Iraqi interior minister’s offices in Baghdad today, killing 18 people and wounding three dozen others.

Two car bombs exploded near government offices in the Iraqi capital today, killing 18 and wounding three dozen as insurgent attacks against security forces left at least eight others dead.

Masked gunmen opened fire today on a police station near the northern Iraq city of Kirkuk, killing four, while twin car bombs exploded near government offices in the capital, killing at least 11 and wounding over a dozen.

AT least 17 Iraqis were killed yesterday in a series of explosions that targeted police and US forces.

At least 17 Iraqis were killed today in a series of explosions that targeted police and US forces.

Policemen were dismantling what appeared to be a decoy roadside bomb near Kirkuk today when another bomb exploded, killing 12 officers and injuring three others, police said.

A suicide attacker detonated a car bomb outside the Iraqi police academy in the northern city of Kirkuk today as hundreds of trainees and civilians were leaving for the day, killing at least 20 people and wounding 36, authorities said.

A roadside bomb killed an American soldier and wounded another in Baghdad today, while a US Marine died as a result of hostile action west of the capital yesterday, the US military said.