Iraq: Suicide bomber kills six in TV station blast

A suicide bomber driving a minibus blew himself up in front of the Baghdad office of a popular Arabic news station today, killing six people, and burying a politician alive under the rubble of his collapsed home.

The bomber was apparently waved through two checkpoints leading to the Al-Arabiya television station after security guards checked his identification, a spokesman for the Iraqi military said. He said the explosion occurred about 10 minutes after the bomber cleared the second checkpoint.