| Coalition officials in Iraq are investigating yesterday’s car bomb attack on the home of a senior Iraqi official as an Islamic group claims responsibility for the blast which killed five people. The car bomb exploded outside the home of Iraq’s Deputy Interior Minister, Abdel Jabar Yussef. Mr Yussef was injured and four security guards and a female neighbour were killed in the blast. A group linked to Al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the bombing. The Brotherhood of Unification and Holy War says the suicide bomber was one of its Syrian members. US and Iraqi security officials are also investigating a separate attack in central Baghdad where up to seven mortars were fired. Two US soldiers and an Iraqi civilian were injured when the mortars exploded near the coalition compound known as the Green Zone. |