Mon May 23, 2005 07:28 AM BST
KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - A car bomb exploded on Monday near the convoy of a Kurdish official in the Iraqi town of Tuz Khurmatu south of Kirkuk, killing at least five people and wounding 18, police said.
They said several people in the convoy of the official, Mohammed Mahmoud Jigareti of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan, had been killed and wounded, but Jigareti had survived.
Police said it was not yet clear whether the blast had been a suicide attack.
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Monday May 23, 2005
SAMARRA, Iraq (AP) - Three suicide bombers tried to attack an American military base in this city on Monday and wounded three U.S. soldiers, the military said.
Two suicide bombers detonated their car bombs at about 7 a.m. outside a U.S. base in downtown Samarra, 95 kilometers (60 miles) north of Baghdad, Maj. Richard Goldenberg said.
Three Task Force Liberty soldiers sustained non life-threatening wounds, Goldenberg added.
A third militant approached the scene wearing an explosives-packed vest and was shot by soldiers but still managed to set off his bomb, killing himself but causing no other injuries or damage, Goldenberg said.
U.S. and Iraqi security forces quickly cordoned off the area, blocking all vehicle and pedestrian traffic out of apparent fear that further terrorist attacks could be launched against the base.
Separately, a suicide bomber injured four Iraqi civilians in a Sunday attack in a neighborhood in Mosul, 360 kilometers (225 miles) northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement. - AP