A car bomb killed six people in central Baghdad today.
Police said 12 people were also wounded in the blast in al-Tayran square in Bab al-Shorji district, a mainly Shia area that has many wholesale and electronics shops.
It was the first bombing in the capital since Iraq's soccer win in the Asian Cup brought a brief respite in the violence ravaging the country.
Iraq is riven by sectarian violence between majority Shias and minority Sunnis that has killed tens of thousands and raised fears of civil war.
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The US military has sent nearly 30,000 more troops to try to stabilise the country and give the country's leaders time to reconcile the warring groups.
The total number of US soldiers killed in Iraq since 2003 is 3,651.