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U.N. Decries Neglect of Iraqi Refugees
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On Friday, two soldiers died when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in east Baghdad, and a U.S. soldier and an Iraqi interpreter were killed when an armor-piercing weapon known as an explosively formed projectile detonated near their patrol in southeastern Baghdad, the military said.
In addition, three service members were killed Thursday -- two Marines in western Anbar province and a soldier in Baghdad, the command said.]
In the southern town of Samawah, clashes erupted late Thursday between police and the Mahdi Army, the militia of influential Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr. Six people were killed and 11 were wounded, police said.
In the northern town of Samarra, a roadside bomb killed four policemen and injured three civilians, said Capt. Zuhair al-Badri, a police official.
In the southern town of Hilla, mortar fire struck near a U.S. compound. When Iraqi police and army units arrived at the scene, a roadside bomb detonated, killing four Iraqi soldiers and injuring two, said Capt. Muthana Ahmed of the Babil provincial police.
In Hawija, about 30 miles southwest of the oil-rich city of Kirkuk, gunmen shot and killed an Iraqi soldier. Another group of gunmen in a civilian car opened fire on a soldier in central Kirkuk, killing him instantly, police said.
Special correspondents Naseer Nouri and Saad al-Izzi in Baghdad and Saad Sarhan in Najaf and other Washington Post staff in Iraq contributed to this report.
