A car bomb blast rocked a Baghdad suburb today, killing at least nine people and wounding 52.

At least ten people died and 40 were wounded, including one US soldier, when a massive car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies in Baghdad, police said.

At least nine people died and 20 were wounded when a massive car bomb exploded at a checkpoint near an area housing international offices and embassies in Baghdad, police said.