Car bomb blast near girls’ school kills six

A CAR bomb yesterday exploded near a Baghdad junior high school for girls, killing six people.

Meanwhile eight American soldiers have been killed over the past two days of insurgent attacks in and around Baghdad.

The US military announced that in total 13 American troops have been killed since Sunday. Insurgents who carried out a string of explosions, suicide attacks and drive-by shootings around the country have also killed 49 Iraqis.