Car bomb north of Baghdad kills four Iraqis

BAIJI, Iraq - A car bomb exploded near a US military patrol in the town of Baiji, north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, killing four Iraqi civilians and wounding 19 people, including two US soldiers, witnesses and the military said.

A US military spokesman said the car exploded in a northern section of the city, 180km north of Baghdad. He said the 17 civilian casualties were taken to hospital and the US soldiers were evacuated from the scene.

In a separate attack, an insurgent fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a US tank in Baiji, wounding one US soldier, a spokesman from the US 1st Infantry Division said. Reuters

- REUTERS