At least 16 dies in tanker explosion in Baghdad

The blast went off at 6:00 am (0300 GMT) in the Al-Bayaa district, five kilometres southwest of Iraqi capital. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital after the incident. US soldiers rushed to the site to search the incident. Four people were dead in one car, a pickup truck, a minibus and the tanker truck were reduced to burnt out metal wreckage. "This was an act of terrorism because there was no military target here," the police chief said.