At Least 17 Killed In Wave Of Baghdad Car Bombings

The site of a car bombing in Baghdad's Karrada district today (epa)

July 23, 2007 -- At least 17 people were killed in a wave of car bombings in central Baghdad today.

In other developments, an Iraqi spokesman said 18 gunmen belonging to the Al-Qaeda in Iraq terrorist network were killed and 62 others detained in joint Iraqi-U.S. operations in Ba'qubah, north of Baghdad.

The spokesman did not say when the operation took place.

Meanwhile, the U.S. military announced today that a U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on July 21.

(AFP, dpa, Reuters)