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Two US soldiers have been killed in an explosion north of Baghdad in the latest of series of attacks targeting US military posts and Iraqi police stations. And two Iraqis were killed when a police station in the northern city of Mosul was attacked with rocket-propelled grenades, French news agency AFP reported. There were also two attacks on US forces in Kirkuk. A military post was reportedly hit by several rockets - although no-one was said to have been injured - and a dry cleaning shop used by US troops was also attacked. Coalition troops in Iraq face around 20 to 25 attacks everyday but BBC correspondent Jill McGivering in Baghdad says Tuesday night’s barrage was particularly intense.
In other overnight incidents:
A series of explosions - possibly from mortar bombs - rock Baghdad overnight, but there are no immediate reports of injuries
One US soldier is wounded in Tikrit after gunmen open fire on a military base, eyewitnesses tell the Associated Press news agency
An Iraqi journalist is shot dead, also in Tikrit, by unknown gunmen as he worked in his office, reports say
Some observers say the violence is deliberately timed to coincide with the start of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan. And many Iraqis are increasingly blaming foreign fighters and Iraqi groups loyal to Saddam Hussein for the recent suicide attacks, our correspondent adds.
Thanks, BBC. Better late than never... |