Gunmen have killed the representative of Iraq’s most senior Shiite Muslim cleric along with his son and four bodyguards in a town south of Baghdad.

A CAR bomb tore through a convoy in central Baghdad yesterday, killing at least 12 people, including an American and four other foreigners.

US company General Electric said three of its employees and two accompanying security contractors were killed in Baghdad's car bombing today.

A second car bomber has struck today in Iraq, this time near the town of Salman Pak south-east of Baghdad.

US Marines have discovered a camp suspected as an Iraqi training base for terrorists.