Attack on Jordan embassy in Iraq kills 11

A MASSIVE car bomb exploded outside the Jordanian Embassy in Baghdad yesterday morning, killing at least 11 people and wounding 57, hospital officials said.

Two US soldiers died in a gun battle in another part of the Iraqi capital.

The two soldiers of the 1st Armoured Division died in a firefight in the Al Rashid district of the Iraqi capital at 11pm on Wednesday night, the military said. A translator with the soldiers was wounded, according to the US Central Command in Tampa, Florida.