GI, Four Civilians Killed in Iraq Attacks
By DANIEL COONEY, Associated Press Writer
BAGHDAD, Iraq - A car bomb blew up near a U.S. Air Force base north of the capital Monday, killing two Iraqi civilians and wounding 25 others, an Iraqi security official said. The U.S. military said a bomb killed a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter in Baghdad.
Two explosions Monday in the southern city of Basra wounded 13 British soldiers, but none of the wounds was life-threatening, British Defense Ministry officials said in London.
In Helsinki, the Finnish Foreign Ministry said two Finnish businessmen were shot and killed in Baghdad on Monday. They were part of a nine-person Finnish technological delegation visiting the Iraqi capital, ministry spokesman Markus Lyra said.
"The men were on their way to the Ministry of Electricity to make business contacts as part of a larger group," Lyra said. He did not identify the victims.
The men were killed near a highway underpass in west Baghdad, according to Iraqis at the scene. Their Iraqi driver was unhurt. The assailants fled, and there were no reports of arrests.
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