Three dead, 25 injured in car bomb attack

A suicide car bomb detonated near Iraqi Prime Minister Ayad Allawi’s party headquarters today, killing two police officers, one civilian and injuring 25 other Iraqis, police said.

Allawi, a secular Shiite leader, was not at the headquarters of his Iraqi National Accord party when the blast occurred in the capital’s western district of Harithiya, his aides said.