Car blast kills One U.S. soldier and seven Iraqi children

A suicide car bomber detonated his
vehicle Wednesday near a U.S. vehicle in eastern Baghdad,
killing one American soldier and at least seven Iraqi
children, the U.S. military said.
Two American soldiers and "multiple Iraqi civilians"
were wounded in the late morning attack, a statement from
Task Force Baghdad said. The blast also set a nearby house
on fire, the statement added.
"The Task Force Baghdad unit on the site reported that
the vehicle, laden with explosives, drove up to a Humvee
before detonating," the Associated Press quoted the statement as saying.