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6 Iraqi Policemen Killed in Insurgent Attack
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Officials say large numbers of insurgents armed with assault rifles
and heavier weaponry stormed checkpoint early Friday





Iraqi policemen touch coffin of comrade who died during attack at
police checkpoint, Friday

Iraqi insurgents killed six policemen and wounded 10 others north of
Baghdad, as Shi'ites across the country began celebrating a major
Muslim holiday.

Officials say the attack on police occurred at a checkpoint early
Friday, in the town of Bores, near Baquba, some 65 kilometers north of
the capital.

It came as Shi'ite Muslims were observing the start of the Eid al-Fitr
holiday that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan. Most Sunni
Muslims began the three-day holiday a day earlier.

Meanwhile, al-Qaida militants in Iraq renewed their threat to kill
foreign diplomats in Baghdad, a day after saying they will execute two
Moroccan embassy employees held captive.

A statement posted Friday on an Islamist website said envoys remain in
Baghdad despite the warnings.

Some information for this report provided by Reuters, AP and AFP.


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