BAGHDAD, October 08, SPA -- Car bombs across Baghdad, including at least one near the Polish embassy in the Iraqi capital,killed five people and wounded a dozen on Monday, policesaid. A 2 p.m. (11:00 GMT) blast near the Polish embassy in thedowntown Karradah district killed two persons and wounded five. All the victims were Iraqis, the police said. The Polish Charge d'Affaires Waldemar Figaj told TheAssociated Press that there had been a series of explosionsaround the embassy Monday but that the closest was about200 meters (219 yards), and that the embassy had no reasonto believe it «was targeted in any way.» Polish Ambassador Gen. Edward Pietrzyk, was wounded whenhis convoy was ambushed with roadside bombs last week inKarradah, in an attack that also killed a Polish securityguard and two others. Figaj said the ambassador was still being kept in anartificial coma in a hospital in Poland, a procedure hesaid was induced to alleviate pain because Pietrsyk hadsustained burns over 20 percent of his body. Also Monday, a car bomb went off at a small popular marketnear Baghdad University's technology department, killingthree civilians and wounding 11, police said. That bombexploded at 12:30 a.m. (9:30 GMT) in Sinaa Street, indowntown Baghdad. The wounded included four women and three children. Thecasualties were taken to a nearby hospital.Police also saidat least six other cars parked in the area were damaged aswell by the blast. Half an hour earlier, another parked car bomb went offnear a police checkpoint in the neighborhood of Kamaliyah in eastern Baghdad, wounding six civilians and damaging at least three cars, police said. AP Television News footage from the market bombing showedthe mangled wreckage of the car bomb and damaged carssurrounding it. American soldiers were also seen at thescene and U.S. helicopters flew over the area. --SPA www.spa.gov.sa/488985