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04-10-03, 21:37
Suicide bombers ruin US dry cleaners

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Iraq, Oct 3 - Two suicide bombers blew themselves up late Thursday outside a dry cleaners used by US troops in Kirkuk, and six other explosions rocked the northern city, leaving at least two soldiers wounded, officials said.

The suicide bombing came after the explosion, which included a roadside blast that destroyed a US humvee vehicle and wounded two American soldiers, said a senior security source who asked not to be named.

Lieutenant Shaker Al-Riyashi of the civil defence said the suicide bombers "were two youths who wore explosive belts strapped to their bodies but we were not able to identify them because they were badly mutilated."

The attack at the dry cleaners occurred about 11:30 PM (1930 GMT) when the shop was empty. It triggered a fire that was quickly doused, Riyashi said.

The US military said they had no report of any incident.

The attacks came as the top US commander in Iraq, Lieutenant General Ricardo Sanchez, said his forces were facing a deadlier foe, and after three US soldiers were killed in separate attacks in the country's central region.

Iraqi police chief colonel Khattab Abdullah said the suicide bombing was the first incident of its kind to take place in Kirkuk since the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime almost six months ago.

At least six explosions caused by rocket propelled grenades and mortars" shook several parts of the city within 20 minutes, Abdullah said, adding that there were no immediate reports of casualties.

According to Abdullah the blasts occured in residential sectors in the south, center, east and southwest of the city. At least one of the explosions was heard near a US position in the city, witnesses said.