kills six in Tikrit Baghdad, Jan 11, SPA -- A roadside bomb that missed a passingU.S. military convoy killed seven Iraqis and wounded onesouth of Baghdad Tuesday, police and hospital sources said,while a suicide car bomb at police headquarters in Tikritkilled six. The victims in the roadside bomb explosion were travelingin a minibus in Yussifiyah, 15 kilometers (9 miles) southof Baghdad, when the blast occurred, said the director ofthe town's hospital, Dawoud al-Taie. Little other information was known about the Tikrit blast.U.S. military spokesman Maj. Neal O'Brien said six werekilled, while police sources said 12 were wounded. "As the Iraqi police continue to get stronger, andcontinue to pose a threat to the insurgents and terrorists,they will be targeted," O'Brien said.--SPA1146 Local Time 0846 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/231640