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Bomb shakes Baghdad's Sadr City US detains 'Iran-linked militant'
(about 2 hours later)
At least 11 people have been killed and 20 others wounded by a bomb attack in the Sadr City district of the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, police have said. US troops have detained an Iraqi man suspected of links with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards' elite Quds Force in Karbala, the US military has said.
Police said the explosion took place in al-Hamza Square, at a place where minibuses gather to pick up passengers. The "highly-sought individual" is suspected of working with the force to transport militants to its training camps in Iran, the military said.
The square is also the location of the Sadr City office of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council (SIIC) and is close to a stronghold of the rival Mehdi Army. He is also believed to have provided "lethal aid to terrorists" in Baghdad.
Last week, the Mehdi Army was stood down for six months by Moqtada Sadr. US officials have often accused the Quds Force of training and arming Iraqi militia, an allegation Tehran denies.
The BBC's Hugh Sykes says the attack may have been an attempt to provoke the radical Shia cleric's followers into retaliation or, more deviously, a scheme by another group to create the impression that the Mehdi Army had broken its ceasefire. Two weeks ago, Washington said such efforts to destabilise Iraq might lead it to designate the Revolutionary Guards (IRGC) a "terrorist" organisation.
Reporters at the scene said five buses were on fire and that the street was littered with broken glass. There were also pools of blood in the gutter. 'Proxy war'
The injured were taken to local hospitals for treatment, and some were in critical condition, police said. The pre-dawn raid in the southern Shia holy city of Karbala was carried out after other detainees led US-led forces to the man's house, the military said in a statement.
Troops confiscated computer equipment, communication devices and other documents which may lead "to information on other IRGC-Quds Force illicit activities intended to disrupt security operations in Iraq", it said.
"The capture of individuals affiliated with the IRGC-Quds Force is an integral part of dismantling terror networks that seek to kill innocent Iraqis and security forces," said Lt-Col Christopher Garver, a US military spokesman.
In other news, a bomb exploded near a military convoy in Baghdad, reportedly killing at least one person.
Also on Wednesday, Iraqi television reported Prime Minister Nouri Maliki was visiting Iraq's most prominent Shia cleric, Ali al-Sistani, in the holy city of Najaf.
The two are expected to discuss "the security situation and services".