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Envoy Seeks to Reassure Wary Iraqis
Iraqi security forces survey the scene of a car bombing in Baghdad that killed two police officers. At least 30 people were killed in violence in the capital.
(By Karim Kadim -- Associated Press)
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Outside Baghdad, 27 people were killed and 32 were injured in car bombings, gun battles, roadside explosions and other violence, local security officials and news services reported.
The U.S. military said troops killed 10 fighters from the insurgent group al-Qaeda in Iraq on Wednesday and freed a kidnapped Iraqi police officer being held by them near Muqdadiyah, about 50 miles northeast of Baghdad. The officer was found after the troops searched the insurgent cell's hideout, a military statement said.
"Once inside the building, Coalition Forces found a hostage blindfolded and shackled to the floor," the statement said. "The hostage revealed he was an Iraqi Policeman that was taken hostage six days before with two other Iraqi Policemen and was being held ransom to raise money for the terrorist cell. He said the two other policemen had been ransomed earlier by the terrorists."
In another operation, four al-Qaeda in Iraq members were killed and 48 were captured when forces raided a known insurgent meeting place on Tuesday near Ramadi, about 60 miles west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
No U.S. or Iraqi soldiers were reported killed or injured in either operation.
Separately, a Marine was killed in Anbar province west of Baghdad on Wednesday and a soldier was killed Tuesday in Kirkuk province, the U.S. military reported, bringing to 21 the number of U.S. service members killed in November.
Special correspondents Naseer Mehdawi in Baghdad and Muhanned Saif Aldin in Tikrit and other Washington Post staff in Iraq contributed to this report.
