A suspected suicide car bomb detonated Tuesday outside the command post of special Iraqi forces in western Baghdad, killing at least ten people and wounding 50 others, police said.

The explosion occurred in the al-Qadisiya district, not far from another suicide car explosion that shocked the headquarters of Iraqi Prime Minister Iyad Allawi's party on Monday, police said.

Some witnesses said the detonated vehicle was a fuel truck.

US and Iraqi forces cordoned off the area shortly after the blast early Tuesday, which went off at about 8:45 a.m. (0545 GMT).

After the blast, thick white smoke rose skyward, witnesses said.

According to the police, Tuesday's suicide bomber aimed at the Iraqi soldiers in the checkpoint leading to the Green Zone apparently, where the guards have been repeatedly targeted by insurgents since last year.

Source: Xinhua