Fatal bomb rips apart restaurant

A car bomb exploded yesterday at a Baghdad restaurant popular with police, killing at least seven people and wounding at least 82, and militants assassinated a top national security official.

Tue, 24 May, 2005 - 01:00

Paul Garwood

Five US troops were killed by roadside bombs and a vehicle accident.

US and Iraqi forces detained 300 suspected insurgents in the biggest sweep in the capital to date.

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