Iraq mosque explosion kills 10 as resistance to US continues

ROCKET-propelled grenades slammed into US military vehicles in two attacks yesterday in and around Baghdad after an explosion at a mosque in the town of Fallujah killed 10 Iraqis and injured four others.

Iraqi civilians sifted through the rubble of the mosque for evidence that a US missile or bomb strike caused Monday’s blast, but American soldiers at the scene disputed that account, saying it was likely caused by explosives at the site.

Postwar violence also has flared in Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit, where gunmen killed the head of the former leader’s tribe and wounded his son, the regional governor said yesterday.