Three groups of gunmen kidnapped at least 24 Iraqis working at a money exchange house and two electronics stores in Baghdad today, the interior ministry said.

A suicide car bomber killed seven people at a checkpoint at Baghdad’s Green Zone early today, the second attack in two days at the district that houses Iraq’s interim government and foreign embassies, officials said.

A car bomb exploded near a checkpoint leading to Baghdad’s Green Zone today, injuring at least 12 people.

A suicide bomber killed 13 people in an attack today next to the heavily fortified area in central Baghdad housing the interim government and US embassy, while eight US Marines died in combat in western Iraq.