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Iraqi official, 26 others killed in fresh violence
A high-ranking official was gunned down in Baghdad, while a firefight pitting US and Iraqi forces against insurgents left 15 dead in the restive western city of Ramadi.
Separate attacks north of the capital killed another 11 Iraqis during the day, security sources said Tuesday.
Ahmed Subeih Weiss, a senior official at the ministry of water resources, was shot dead by gunmen in the southern Baghdad district of Dura as he went to work, an interior ministry official said.
In Ramadi, US and Iraqi forces killed 12 insurgents during a firefight at a road checkpoint, the US military said.
Two civilians and an Iraqis soldier were also killed, and two US and two Iraqi soldiers wounded.
In addition, US and Iraqi forces wounded four insurgents and detained five.
Three policemen were shot dead in separate attacks in the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, 125 kilometres (80 miles) north of Baghdad, police major Naef Hamid said.
A car bomb killed a civilian and wounded four in the main northern city of Mosul, police and medics said.
An Iraqi soldier and a businessman working for the US military were killed in separate incidents in nearby Shurgat, police said.
An insurgent died when the bomb he was placing on a road north of Baghdad blew up prematurely, security sources said. A civilian died in a separate explosion nearby.
A Bulgarian soldier was killed and another wounded when their vehicle crashed during a desert storm, the defence ministry announced in Sofia.
In the capital, a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in the western neighbourhood of Gazaliya, wounding a policeman and a civilian, Hamid said.
Another three bombs went off in the capital, wounding three policemen.
Insurgents have stepped up their attacks in Baghdad since Thursday's announcement of a partial government line-up.
Security forces set up checkpoints and sealed off large areas of the capital Tuesday ahead of an official swearing-in ceremony for the full cabinet.
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A high-ranking official was gunned down in Baghdad, while a firefight pitting US and Iraqi forces against insurgents left 15 dead in the restive western city of Ramadi.
Separate attacks north of the capital killed another 11 Iraqis during the day, security sources said Tuesday.
Ahmed Subeih Weiss, a senior official at the ministry of water resources, was shot dead by gunmen in the southern Baghdad district of Dura as he went to work, an interior ministry official said.
In Ramadi, US and Iraqi forces killed 12 insurgents during a firefight at a road checkpoint, the US military said.
Two civilians and an Iraqis soldier were also killed, and two US and two Iraqi soldiers wounded.
In addition, US and Iraqi forces wounded four insurgents and detained five.
Three policemen were shot dead in separate attacks in the insurgent stronghold of Samarra, 125 kilometres (80 miles) north of Baghdad, police major Naef Hamid said.
A car bomb killed a civilian and wounded four in the main northern city of Mosul, police and medics said.
An Iraqi soldier and a businessman working for the US military were killed in separate incidents in nearby Shurgat, police said.
An insurgent died when the bomb he was placing on a road north of Baghdad blew up prematurely, security sources said. A civilian died in a separate explosion nearby.
A Bulgarian soldier was killed and another wounded when their vehicle crashed during a desert storm, the defence ministry announced in Sofia.
In the capital, a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in the western neighbourhood of Gazaliya, wounding a policeman and a civilian, Hamid said.
Another three bombs went off in the capital, wounding three policemen.
Insurgents have stepped up their attacks in Baghdad since Thursday's announcement of a partial government line-up.
Security forces set up checkpoints and sealed off large areas of the capital Tuesday ahead of an official swearing-in ceremony for the full cabinet.
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