A string of deadly attacks ripped through the Iraqi capital today, killing at least 26 people and wounding nearly 70, police said.

A BOMB hidden in a minibus exploded near the offices of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in eastern Baghdad yesterday, killing two Iraqi civilians and wounding three, police said.

A BOMB hidden in a minibus exploded near the offices of anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr in eastern Baghdad yesterday, killing two Iraqi civilians and wounding three, police said.

Two car bombs exploded today outside the home of a community leader near the northern city of Mosul, killing at least 20 people and injuring another 20, hospital and police officials said.

Mortar attacks by insurgents in northern Mosul today killed two Iraqis and injured eight others, including seven school children, police and hospital officials said.