Baghdad, Iraq, March 9, SPA -- Heavy explosions rattled the Iraqicapital Thursday, and one of the blasts _ a roadside bomb _killed at least nine passers-by and injured six, policesaid. The deadly blast targeted an Iraqi army patrol inAmariyah, a mostly Sunni neighborhood in west Baghdad,according to Interior Ministry Maj. Falah al-Mohammedawi. At least four other large blasts were heard but policeonly had reports on one, roadside bomb that was aimed at apolice patrol in Jihad, another mostly Sunni westernneighborhood. Three bystanders were hurt, the Associated Press reported.--SPA 13 50 Local Time 10 50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/337802
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