The United Nations yesterday warned that Iraq could spin out of control after a rocket attack on the Kurdish regional capital Arbil killed a foreign contractor for the US military and wounded several other people.  

The attack late Monday was the first time in nearly two months that Western military or diplomatic installations have been targeted in Iraq after a series of similar incidents last year that were blamed on pro-Iranian Shia factions.

Besides the foreign civilian contractor, who is not an American national,  another nine people were wounded, including eight civilian contractors and one US soldier.