Suicide bomber kills six in Baghdad

A SUICIDE bomber killed at least six Iraqis and injured dozens in an attack at a Baghdad hotel used by US officials yesterday, shaking buildings and shattering windows blocks away, the US military said.

It was the latest in a string of attacks on Western targets in Iraq, which the United States blames on Iraqi and foreign guerrillas resisting the American-led occupation.

It also coincided with the anniversaries of two major international attacks by Muslim militants on Western targets, in Bali last year and off the Yemeni coast in 2000. Eyewitnesses said a car crashed through the security barrier at the heavily-fortified Baghdad Hotel and exploded.