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Iraq Violence Kills at Least 50; 6 U.S. Personnel Reported Dead
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A U.S. military spokesman said he had no information about the incident.
Nuaimi, the police official, said a mother and five of her children were killed in a large explosion at their house southeast of Baghdad. The father was not at home at the time of the blast, he said.
Police were investigating whether the family of Shiite Muslims was the target of the blast or whether the father may have been storing an explosive device in his home, Nuaimi said.
Late Saturday in southern Iraq, British and Iraqi soldiers detained 14 members of the Mahdi Army, a militia loyal to Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Four were later released.
"They were brought in on suspicion of serious crimes and terrorism in and around Basra city," said Maj. Sebastian Muntz, a spokesman for the British military. "Ammunition and weapons were found there, which gave us a good indication that these are the correct people being detained."
Previous detentions of Sadr loyalists, whom the British consider among the biggest threats to stability in the area, have sparked protests and other unrest. In response to Saturday's detentions, the Mahdi Army issued threats against British and Iraqi forces.
Correspondent Jonathan Finer and other Washington Post staff contributed to this report.
