Special report: Tension escalates in Iraq

    BAGHDAD, July 26 (Xinhua) -- Three bomb explosions wounded 11 people, including security members, in Baghdad on Saturday, an Interior Ministry source said.

    A roadside bomb detonated in the afternoon inside a popular market in the Karrada district of central Baghdad, wounding six people, including three security members, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

    Another roadside bomb went off before midday near an Iraqi army patrol in Baghdad's northern neighborhood of Sleikh, wounding two soldiers and a civilian along with damaging one of the patrol's vehicles, the source said.

    A third explosion occurred in the day near some dustmen in the al-Jihad neighborhood in southwestern Baghdad, injuring two of them and caused damages to a nearby vehicle, the source added.

    Also on Saturday, a U.S. military statement said that its troops detained five wanted al-Qaida militants and 15 other suspects during raids on their hideouts in central and northern Iraq.