Five dead as blasts rock Baghdad

A suicide car bomb struck near the headquarters of a major Shiite political bloc today in Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding seven, including an Iraqi soldier, police said.

Five dead as blasts rock Baghdad

A suicide car bomb struck near the headquarters of a major Shiite political bloc today in Baghdad, killing at least five people and wounding seven, including an Iraqi soldier, police said.

The explosion occurred about 5pm in the south-eastern neighbourhood of Jadriyah, some 200-300 yards away from the heavily guarded headquarters of the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq, or SCIRI.

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