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4 Police Officers Killed in Baghdad Shootout

   VOA News 07 August 2010
   An  Iraqi soldier and a policemen organize traffic in central Baghdad,
   06  Aug  2010,  after  a  comrade  was killed by a roadside bomb which
   exploded near a police patrol

Photo: AFP

   An  Iraqi soldier and a policemen organize traffic in central Baghdad,
   06  Aug  2010,  after  a  comrade  was killed by a roadside bomb which
   exploded near a police patrol

   Iraqi  officials  say  unidentified gunmen killed at least four police
   officers in an pre-dawn shootout in Baghdad, Saturday.
   Medical  officials  say at least 10 people were wounded during the gun
   battle in the mostly Sunni neighborhood of Saidiya.  Officials say at
   least six of those wounded are police officers.
   Authorities say the clashes erupted as police were investigating a tip
   concerning a stolen car.
   On  Friday, at least two policemen were killed and four others wounded
   in  the  capital.   Separately,  two  policemen and 13 civilians were
   injured after a bomb exploded in Baghdad.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP and AP.

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