Iraqi authorities say a minibus was struck by a roadside bomb ineastern Baghdad Monday, killing at least two people and wounding fiveothers.
Earlier, coalition forces in Iraq said they killed threesuspected terrorists and detained three suspects in operationstargeting the leadership of al-Qaida in Iraq.
In a statement,the U.S.-led coalition said the incidents took place about 19kilometers southwest of Kirkuk, as coalition troops searched for a manbelieved to be involved in planning bomb attacks. He was arrestedalong with two others.
The statement says coalition forces shot three men in self-defense.
Saturday,Iraq's largest Sunni political party said it has suspended officialcontacts with U.S. military and civilian personnel after an Iraqi manwas killed and five arrested in a raid in Fallujah.
In astatement, the Iraqi Islamic Party demanded an explanation about whathappened, along with an apology. The party also demanded assurancesthat those responsible will be punished.
The party said thetargets of the raid were party members. But the U.S. military said oneman had been arrested and one had been killed in a joint U.S.-Iraqiraid against a suspected militant in Fallujah.