BAGHDAD, June 8: Three bomb attacks killed 13 Iraqis and a US soldier on Tuesday. Two of the attacks took place in the northern city of Mosul, where a suicide car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded simultaneously, killing 10 people and wounding 37.

In the suicide bombing, three men in a taxi blew up their vehicle near the mayor's office. The US military said at least nine Iraqis were killed and 25 wounded. Some bodies were charred beyond recognition.

The fate of the three suicide bombers was unclear. "A car bomb and a roadside bomb exploded as Major General Sammi al Haj Issa's nine-car convoy passed by," said a police official.

Gen Issa, who is chief of the city's security committee, was slightly wounded by the blasts as the convoy, which included members of the provincial council, passed the city hall, said Major General Tareq Mohammed Ali.

The third attack occurred in Baquba, where a suicide car bomb exploded as people queued for work at a US military base. Baquba lies 60 kilometres northeast of Baghdad.

The explosion killed one US soldier and one Iraqi and wounded 31 other people, the military and medical sources said. Ten of the wounded were US troops. A red Mitsubishi sped into the cement barriers outside the US base and burst into flames, an official said.

At least six soldiers, including two from Poland, three from Slovakia and one from Latvia were killed in a blast on Tuesday during a demining operation south of Baghdad, military authorities and diplomats said.

The US military announced that a marine had died on Monday in Al Anbar province, west of the capital. The deaths raised the toll to 608 US troops killed in action since the US coalition invaded Iraq. -AFP/Reuters