- At least 11 Iraqi police officers and trainees have been
shot dead in two separate attacks in the latest protest against the US-led
occupation.
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- Nine police are reported to have been killed and two
others injured when gunmen opened fire on a minibus carrying them to work
near Hilla, south of Baghdad.
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- Meanwhile, in Kirkuk, two police officers were shot dead
and two others injured in a drive-by shooting. A third incident was reported
in Mosul where a mortar attack was carried out on an Iraqi military base,
killing two civilians.
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- There has been an increase in the number of strikes which
target Iraqis working with the US-led administration in the past few weeks
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- At the same time, attacks on American military forces
appear to have remained constant or showed a decline.
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