A huge explosion and a fireball lit the skies over the western parts of the capital. Police said a gas tanker truck wired with explosives blew up outside the Libyan and Moroccan embassies, wounding 20 people — most with severe burns — in the upscale Mansour district. Meanwhile, the brigadier general who investigated abuse at Abu Ghraib prison has launched a wide-ranging probe into security lapses that allowed a suicide bomber to penetrate into a packed mess hall at a base near Mosul and kill more than 20 people, authorities said Friday. Full Story