Iraqis carry a body from a minibus after it was struck by a roadside bomb attack targetting an Iraqi police patrol in Baghdad May 14, 2006. (Xinhua/Reuters)

    BAGHDAD, May 14 (Xinhua) -- Fourteen civilians were killed and six others wounded in two suicide car bombings near a U.S.military checkpoint outside Baghdad international airport on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

    "Terrorists killed 14 Iraqi citizens and injured at least six when two vehicles packed with explosives detonated near a Victory Base checkpoint in west Baghdad May 14," the military said in a statement.

    It said the attack targeted Iraqi civilians rather than the U.S.compound.

    "This was not an attack on the compound. Instead, it targeted Iraqis congregated in a parking lot," the statement said.

    The incident is under investigation by Iraqi authorities, it said. Enditem