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A wave of suicide bombers has been sent to Baghdad to target coalition troops, a Palestinian militant group has said.
Islamic Jihad says up to 4,000 Arabs have volunteered to become suicide bombers.
"Al-Quds Brigades brings to our people and nation the good news of the arrival of its first martyrdom (attackers) to the heart of Baghdad.
"This is to fulfil the holy duty of defending Arab and Muslim land," the group said in a faxed statement.
Islamic Jihad also claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the Israeli seaside town of Netanya that injured at least 30 people on Sunday.
Coalition forces in Iraq are on high alert following a suicide bombing which killed four US troops on Saturday.
Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan said the attack, the first suicide bombing since the war began, was "just the beginning".
"It will be routine military policy. We will use any means to kill our enemy in our land and we will follow the enemy into its land," Mr Ramadan said.
Sky News reporter Colin Brazier, who is in Iraq, said the attack happened when a taxi pulled up at a road checkpoint north of the town of Najaf.
"Two soldiers went to the front of the car, two to the rear. The driver beckoned to them and there was an explosion. All the soldiers were killed," said Brazier.
US military Captain Andrew Wallace said the four victims were part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Divison.
The suicide bomber, named as non-commissioned army officer Ali Jaafar al-Noamani, has been awarded two posthumous medals by Saddam Hussein.
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A wave of suicide bombers has been sent to Baghdad to target coalition troops, a Palestinian militant group has said.
Islamic Jihad says up to 4,000 Arabs have volunteered to become suicide bombers.
"Al-Quds Brigades brings to our people and nation the good news of the arrival of its first martyrdom (attackers) to the heart of Baghdad.
"This is to fulfil the holy duty of defending Arab and Muslim land," the group said in a faxed statement.
Islamic Jihad also claimed responsibility for a suicide bombing in the Israeli seaside town of Netanya that injured at least 30 people on Sunday.
Coalition forces in Iraq are on high alert following a suicide bombing which killed four US troops on Saturday.
Iraqi vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan said the attack, the first suicide bombing since the war began, was "just the beginning".
"It will be routine military policy. We will use any means to kill our enemy in our land and we will follow the enemy into its land," Mr Ramadan said.
Sky News reporter Colin Brazier, who is in Iraq, said the attack happened when a taxi pulled up at a road checkpoint north of the town of Najaf.
"Two soldiers went to the front of the car, two to the rear. The driver beckoned to them and there was an explosion. All the soldiers were killed," said Brazier.
US military Captain Andrew Wallace said the four victims were part of the 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Divison.
The suicide bomber, named as non-commissioned army officer Ali Jaafar al-Noamani, has been awarded two posthumous medals by Saddam Hussein.
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