ANOTHER SEEMINGLY POINTLESS BOMBING

The Dutch embassy in Baghdad exploded into flames in a rocket strike late on Friday and three Iraqi soldiers were shot dead in the northern city of Mosul amid warnings from US generals that violence could escalate...

The unoccupied Dutch mission was struck by a rocket-propelled grenade, sparking a major alert in the capital, the US military said.

"The grenade started a fire that was quickly extinguished by the Baghdad fire department," a US military spokesman said.