Deadly blast rocks military base

A blast at a military base north of Baghdad killed more than two dozen people Tuesday, but there were conflicting accounts of what caused the explosion.

A police official said a car bomb exploded in a parking lot near a recruitment center at the base, in Taji, 12 miles north of Baghdad, but an Iraqi army source said a suicide bomber mingled with a crowd at the gate.

Medical officials at the Kadhimiya hospital near the center said more than 30 people were wounded, most of them seriously, and the death toll of 26 was likely to rise. The Associated Press put the death toll at 32.