http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040322/wl_afp/iraq_us&cid=1512&ncid=1473BAGHDAD (AFP) - Iraqi leaders condemned Israel's killing of Hamas spiritual leader Sheikh Ahmed Yassin and expressed fears it would plunge their war-torn country into further chaos.
As Iraq (news - web sites) braced for the worst, a suicide car bomb exploded outside a US military base north of Baghdad, killing one Iraqi paramilitary and wounding eight civilians.
In a pre-dawn attack in Baghdad, a booby-trapped explosive claimed the lives of a US soldier and his interpreter.
The assassination of the wheelchair-bound Yassin threatened to fan the flames of violence in Iraq, already snared in a lethal battle between US forces and suspected Islamic extremists.
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