Explosion at UN headquarters in Iraq kills two

Two persons were killed at least and other 8 wounded when a booby trapped car went off at a car garage situated behind the headquarters of the UN in Baghdad.

An American military spokesman said that one persons carried out the explosion operation by using a car loaded with explosives and this resulted in killing him and an Iraqi police man.

Captain Sin Kerly said that the explosion which resulted in killing "one Iraqi guard and the executor of the operation," noting that the explosion seemed to be a result of what seemed to be a "suicide operation." The explosion took place near al-Qanat hotel where an explosion took place in August that claimed the lives of 22 persons including the special representative for the UN Secretary General.

In the same context, the general headquarters of the US forces in Iraq was exposed in al-Musil to the north of Iraq on Sunday to mortars shelling. No human nor material losses were reported.

In al-Khaledeyah town to the west of Baghdad, one American military car was destroyed in a land mine explosion on the road linking Falouja and Ramadi. The American forces did not confirm the incident.

An American soldier was killed in a bomb explosion when an American military procession was passing Ramadi city to the west of Baghdad. Also two American soldiers were killed and other 13 wounded in an attack by mortars at Abu Gharin prison which is run by the American forces to the west of Baghdad.