Baghdad car bomb attack leaves at least six dead
A massive car bomb has exploded outside a Baghdad hotel used by US security personnel.
The hotel is thought to have been the headquarters of Central Intelligence Agency CIA agents in the capital.
Eyewitnesses said a white car crashed through the security barrier and exploded, despite policemen opening fire at the vehicle.
Many of the dead and injured are believed to be Iraqi policemen.
At least six people were reported killed with dozens injured.
Emergency services were quickly at the scene, with helicopters hovering overhead amid the thick, bellowing smoke.
This is the second big car bombing in the capital in the past four days.
A suicide bomber hit a police station in the northeast Shiite Muslim slum known as Sadr City on Thursday, killing at least 10 people, including the bomber.
