Up to 10 Iraqis were killed and 10 others were wounded on Thursday when a booby-trapped car driven by a suicide bomber exploded near the Oil Ministry in eastern Baghdad, police sources said. The sources added in a statement that this was the preliminary toll, adding that several civilian cars were damaged in the explosion.Meanwhile, police sources said a suicide bomber attacked an SUV convoy in Baghdad, killing eight Iraqi civilians. Furthermore, a multi-national force source said in a statement that a US soldier was killed when an explosive canister planted on the side of the road blew up near his patrol vehicle in western Baghdad. In Kirkuk, a police source said militants assassinated retired police brigadier Nabeel Sharaf-Eddin and his two-year-old daughter while driving in the city center. The source added that the brigadier's wife was wounded in the attack.
Also in Kirkuk, a large fire broke out in one of the crude oil pipelines in Kirkuk after an explosive device went off. A security source said that unknown militants had attacked the pipeline in the Biggi refinery, adding that fire brigade teams were currently trying to control the fire.