Mil News Baghdad blast kills Iraq leader

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The head of Iraq's US-appointed Governing Council has been killed in a car bomb blast near the headquarters of the US-led coalition in Baghdad.
Ezzedine Salim was killed as he was waiting to enter the compound, Iraq's deputy foreign minister told Reuters; several other people also died.

A big column of smoke rose into the sky after the blast at about 0530 GMT.

There was also fresh fighting overnight in southern Iraq, as US and Italian forces battled with Shia militiamen.

Nine Iraqis were killed in Nasiriya during clashes with Italian troops, hospital officials said.

In the holy city of Karbala, where US troops are pitted against fighters loyal to the radical Shia cleric Moqtada Sadr, five Iraqis died.

The US is planning to move some of its forces from South Korea to Iraq, South Korean officials say.

South Korea's foreign ministry said the two governments were currently discussing the details of such a move.

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