Two bombs exploded in a Baghdad suburb today, killing at least eight people, Iraqi police said.

An entire family of eight were slaughtered in a sectarian attack at their home outside Baghdad today.

Gunmen in military uniforms today kidnapped shopkeepers and bystanders from a major commercial area in Baghdad, while nearly 30 people were killed or found dead elsewhere in Iraq.

The US military launched an investigation today into the cause of a devastating blast in a mess tent at a base in northern Iraq which killed 22 people and injured 72 in one of the deadliest attacks since the start of the war.

A family of six, who had just returned to the besieged Iraqi city of Fallujah, were killed today when rockets fired from US jets levelled their house.