Nine Iraqi soldiers killed in rebel attacks
Insurgents killed nine Iraqi soldiers today in a town north of Baghdad – seven of them in an armed assault on a checkpoint and two others in a car bombing more than an hour later, Iraqi officials said.
The first attack occurred about 5am (2am Irish time) when gunmen firing mortars, machine guns and semi-automatic weapons stormed a checkpoint in Khalis, about 45 miles north-east of Baghdad, said Col. Abdullah al-Shimmari.
Three people, including one civilian, were injured in that attack.
At 6.30am (3.30am Irish time), a car bomb parked along the side of a road exploded as an Iraqi army patrol passed, killing two soldiers and wounding another, al-Shimmari said.
On June 15, a suicide bomber wearing an army uniform blew himself up in an Iraqi army mess hall in Khalis, killing 26 soldiers.
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