Bomb Attack on Jordanian Embassy in Iraq Kills 9

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BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A truck bomb exploded outside the Jordanian embassy compound in Baghdad on Thursday, killing at least nine people and strewing gutted cars, body parts and a severed head across the street outside.

Elsewhere in the capital, a U.S. Humvee vehicle was in flames after coming under attack. Troops at the scene exchanged fire with people in nearby buildings and at least one Iraqi bystander was killed as bullets sprayed the streets.

The U.S. military said that in an earlier gunbattle in central Baghdad on Wednesday night, guerrillas killed two American soldiers and wounded another, along with an Iraqi interpreter. The deaths brought to 55 the number of U.S. troops killed in hostile action since May 1.

Thursday's embassy blast came a week after Jordan said it had granted asylum to Saddam Hussein's elder daughters Raghd and Rana, angering some Iraqis. Iraqis who support Saddam are also irate with Amman for cooperating with Washington during the war

Bomb Attack on Jordanian Embassy in Iraq Kills 9

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