Two killed in Iraq truck explosion
A truck exploded today behind a US military police patrol in the central Iraqi city of Samarra, killing two Iraqis and injuring 40 other people, including seven American soldiers who received slight wounds from flying glass, the US military said.
The blast, in a Toyota pick-up, damaged a dozen other vehicles parked near a police station and the municipal council building in the centre of the city, according to Captain Jennifer Knight of the 720th Military Police Battalion.
