Up to 20 killed as six car bombs target US, Iraqi forces across Baghdad

SIX car bombs targeted US and Iraqi troops across Baghdad yesterday, killing as many as 20 people, and the military said two US Marines died the day before in a roadside bombing near the Jordanian border.

Up to 20 killed as six car bombs target US, Iraqi forces across Baghdad

In the deadliest attack, a suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army base in the Shaab neighbourhood of northern Baghdad, killing eight Iraqis, including civilians and security personnel, Major Khazim al-Tamimi said.

A suicide car bomb exploded yesterday in western Baghdad targeting a police commando patrol, killing six policemen and wounding 11, police captain Taleb Thamer said.

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