* TIKRIT - Three U.S. soldiers and their interpreter died as a result of combat operations in Diyala province, the U.S. military said. It gave no further details.
MASHRU' - A car bomb killed one person and wounded another in the village of Mashru', about 65 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
JURF AL-SAKHAR - Police found the body of a leader of a neighbourhood guard unit in Jurf al-Sakhar, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. The man had been handcuffed and shot in the head. BAGHDAD - Two soldiers and one civilian were killed, and four people were wounded, when gunmen opened fire on a checkpoint in the Ghaziliya neighbourhood of western Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Two people were killed, and six wounded, including two policemen, when a bomb blew up as a police convoy was passing the Agriculture Ministry in the centre of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Seven people were wounded, including three policemen, when a roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in the district of Karrada in Baghdad, police said.
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