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6 People Killed, 23 Wounded, 4 Corpses Found

Good Morning,

April 18 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents in Iraq on Tuesday as of 1345 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led interim government. The bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in February has been followed by a surge in sectarian attacks.

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*YUSUFIYA - Police said they found the bodies of four unidentified men with multiple gunshot wounds and showing signs of torture northeast of Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Four civilians were killed and 22 people were wounded, including two policemen, when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in northern Baghdad, police said.

BAIJI - Gunmen wounded a police colonel along with two policemen on Monday in the oil refinery city of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, local officials said.

TIKRIT - Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded two others on Monday in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, local officials said.

TIKRIT - Gunmen wounded the head of the local office of the Sunni Endowment group in an attack on Monday in Tikrit in which another employee was killed, local officials said.

Have a nice day.

posted by Wink @ 11:30 AM