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I sweet-talked my way into dreaded intelligence HQ(Filed: 27/04/2003) Inigo Gilmore describes how he gained access to documents in the complex that most Iraqis under Saddam were desperate to avoid.The documents which provide the first proof of direct links between Osama bin Laden and the regime of Saddam Hussein were hidden deep inside a building which for decades was one of the most feared places in Iraq. During Saddam's time, few civilians dared even glance at the imposing headquarters of the Mukbaharat - the feared intelligence service - as they drove past in case they were hauled in and...

A suicide car bomber struck the US intelligence headquarters here, a Kurdish security official said yesterday. He said four Iraqis were killed, including the bomber and a 12-year-old boy. The US military in Baghdad said four "Defense Human Intelligence Service" officers were wounded along with a Kurdish peshmerga guard at the building. The Kurdish official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said three of the wounded Americans suffered serious abdominal injuries from flying glass. The official said the attack was the work of al-Qaeda. He gave no reason for that assessment, but said he was certain Osama bin Laden's organization...

IRBIL, Iraq - A suicide bomber exploded in an SUV outside the U.S. intelligence headquarters, killing three other Iraqis and wounding dozens, including four Americans, a Kurdish security official said Wednesday. The U.S. military in Baghdad had said six Americans were wounded but later said four intelligence officers were hurt along with a Kurdish peshmerga guard at the building. The Kurdish official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told The Associated Press that the vehicle was filled with TNT. He also said several homes in the neighborhood, which was cordoned off by U.S. soldiers, were destroyed. He blamed al-Qaida for...

Fox reporting a car bombing in Northern Iraq..

ANKARA, Turkey - A car bomb exploded Tuesday outside an office used by U.S soldiers in northern Iraq, private CNN-Turk television reported. Several people were reported wounded, but it was unclear if Americans were among them. The wounded included Iraqi Kurdish guards and children from nearby houses. Firefighters rushed to the scene. U.S. military officials said they could not immediately confirm the report. Authorities in Irbil, the administrative capital of Kurdish-controlled northern Iraq about 200 miles north of Baghdad, called to residents over loudspeakers to donate blood for the wounded, CNN-Turk said. Northern Iraq has been the most stable part...

<p>IRBIL, Iraq, Sept. 10 (UPI) -- A suicide car bomber struck the U.S. intelligence headquarters in Irbil, Iraq, killing three, the London Guardian reported Wednesday.</p> <p>A Kurdish security official said three Iraqis were killed, including a 12-year-old boy. Six Americans were wounded.</p>