"IRAQ insurgents attached explosives to a dog today in a bid to bomb a military convoy near the northern oil center of Kirkuk but the animal was the only casualty," police said.

According to the Dakuk police chief, Colonel Mohammed Barzaji, the insurgents wrapped an explosive belt around the dog's body and detonated it as the convoy passed through the town, which is located south of Kirkuk.

"The dog was torn apart by the explosion which caused neither injury among the soldiers nor any damage," Barzaji told the Australian, adding that the bomb had been detonated outside a Shiite mosque.

Eight suspects were detained.

In the past, animals had been used by insurgents to help with attacks, but never in such a gruesome fashion.

In 2003, donkey carts were used to conceal makeshift multiple rocket launchers in a flurry of attacks in Baghdad.

Terrorists have also employed animal carcasses and as well as human corpses to conceal explosives.

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