Double Suicide Attacks in Iraq: 36 Dead

A security guard at the building indicated that the 30th anniversary of the PUK was being celebrated when the bomb exploded.

The second attack, at the entrance of a U.S. military base near Baiji, 200 kilometers north of Bagdat (Baghdad), killed 11 and wounded 26.

Hamid Masud, an Iraqi security officer, said, "A man with beard blew up a black BMW at the entrance of the U.S. base."

Meanwhile, an American soldier was killed during an operation in Al-Anbar, west of Baghdad.