Two suicide car bombs, including one that exploded near the prime minister's party headquarters in Baghdad, killed seven Iraqis and wounded 39 others Monday as insurgents pressed their deadly campaign to disrupt national elections. Most of the victims were security troops.

A third car bomb exploded later Monday near a U.S.-manned checkpoint to the Green Zone, the heavily fortified area housing the U.S. Embassy and Iraqi government offices, U.S. Embassy spokesman Bob Callahan said. U.S. troops surrounded a burning vehicle at the scene.

Iraqi police Lt. Khalid Mohammed said the bomb targeted a U.S. convoy and there were casualties at the checkpoint, which is the main Green Zone exit for trips to Baghdad International Airport west of the city.

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