Just when you thought things couldn't get worse
Baghdad blast kills Iraq leader
BBC NEWS The current head of Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council has been killed in a car bomb blast near the headquarters of the US-led coalition in Baghdad.
Ezzedine Salim was waiting to enter the compound when the bomb went off at 0530 GMT, killing him and several others.
It is not yet clear whether Mr Salim was the target of what US officials say was a suicide attack.
However, a previously unknown Iraqi group said in a statement they had killed the "traitor and mercenary".
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