By PATRICK QUINN By Patrick Quinn The Associated Press BAGHDAD A car bomb left at least 14 people dead in the capital on Friday while U.S. troops chasing extremists in one of their last remaining bastions in central Iraq said they killed five al-Qaida gunmen.

BAGHDAD _ The largest Sunni bloc walked out of Iraq's parliament Saturday to protest the purported house arrest of its leader, deepening the political crisis that has paralyzed Iraq's government and prevented progress toward the Bush administration goal of national reconciliation.

The arrest of two members of a prominent Sunni family is escalating tension within the Iraqi leadership, The Washington Post reported Saturday.

A small Sunni Arab bloc ended its parliamentary boycott Saturday, returning to the legislature as it considers key benchmark legislation demanded by Washington amid increasing pressure to end the political deadlock.

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