Suicide car bomb kills 13 in Baghdad

A SUICIDE car bomber linked to al-Qaida killed 13 people in Baghdad yesterday as seven US Marines were also killed on the first anniversary of the capture of former Iraqi president Saddam Hussein.

Suicide car bomb kills 13 in Baghdad

Clashes also resumed in Fallujah, a one-time insurgent stronghold that US forces believed they had conquered.

The violence underlines the difficulties US-led forces have encountered in the year-and-a-half since Saddam was ousted in trying to end a rampant insurgency and bring the country under control.

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