By Prensa Latina,
Baghdad : A car bomb blew up Friday near the Al Yarmouk hospital complex, in western Baghdad, leaving five persons dead and ten others wounded, security forces informed.
The explosion destroyed part of the health facilities, and several nearby shops and houses, the sources added.
The capital has suffered several violent acts so far this month, chiefly against security institutions, though security forces and US troops have intensified their operations there in the last 17 months.
The escalation of violence takes place when Washington and Baghdad are debating the permanence of forces and the establishment of US bases in Iraq.