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Six killed in central Iraq attacks

(via AFP)

Gunmen shot dead four anti-Al-Qaeda militiamen and a civilian in central Iraq on Friday and a roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier, security and medical officials said. Gunmen attacked a checkpoint in Khan Bani Saad, south of the city of Baquba, killing four Sahwa militiamen and wounding four, a militia