Iraqis look at a crater created following a car bomb in the northern city of Mosul, some 370 kms north of the capital Baghdad, on November 11, 2008. At least 23 people were killed in a string of attacks across Iraq on Wednesday, including a dozen people who lost their lives in a rush hour bombing in Baghdad and two US troops slain by an Iraqi comrade. (AFP/File/Mujahed Mohammed)From Yahoo News/AFP:
BAGHDAD (AFP) – At least 26 people were killed in a string of attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, including a dozen people who lost their lives in a rushhour bombing in Baghdad and two US troops slain by an Iraqi comrade.
In the deadliest single attack of the day, a booby-trapped car exploded, followed by another bomb blast at a bus station in the working class district of Baghdad al-Jadida in the east of the capital.
At least 12 people were killed and 60 wounded, an interior ministry official said.
In the northern city of Mosul, an Iraqi soldier on joint patrol with US troops opened fire on his American comrades, killing two, the ministry said.
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