AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE WERE KILLED AND 15 OTHERS INJURED WHEN A REMOTE-CONTROLLED EXPLOSIVE-LADEN CAR DETONATED NEAR A RESTAURANT IN CENTRAL MOSUL, 450 KILOMETRES NORTH OF BAGHDAD, SECURITY SOURCES AND WITNESSES SAID, ACCORDING TO DPA. IRAQI POLICE AND TROOPS CORDONED OFF THE AREA, AND AMBULANCES RUSHED THE VICTIMS TO NEARBY HOSPITALS. IN A SEPARATE ATTACK, GUNMEN OPENED FIRE ON A VEHICLE, KILLING AN IRAQI KURD AND TWO IRANIAN NATIONALS NEAR A HOSPITAL IN BAQUBA, 60 KILOMETRES NORTH-EAST OF BAGHDAD, WITNESSES SAID SUNDAY. MEANWHILE, IRAQI POLICE SAID THAT THE US ARMY KILLED FIVE INSURGENTS AND DETAINED 26 OTHERS DURING A RAID IN SEARCH OF TWO AMERICAN TROOPS IN YOUSSEFIYA, 40 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD.