Ethnically Tense Kirkuk Hit With Car Bomb

"BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) - A car bomb exploded Tuesday in the ethnically tense northern oil city of Kirkuk, killing at least three people and wounding 15, police said. An American soldier died of injuries suffered in a land mine explosion south of the capital, the U.S. command said.

In Baghdad, gunmen Tuesday assassinated a police colonel, Amir Mirza, in a market in the city's Wahda district, police said. An Iraqi civilian was killed and nine were wounded in a blast Tuesday in Tal Afar, scene of ongoing clashes between insurgents and U.S. soldiers.

The car bomb went off in the industrial district of Kirkuk as pedestrians were passing by, police Capt. Farhad Talabani said. Police said it did not appear to have been a suicide attack, and no group claimed responsibility"
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