Baghdad, March 24, 2010, SPA -- Police and army officials say gunmen riding in two cars shot dead five Iraqi soldiers at a checkpoint in the suburbs of Baghdad. The Associated Press quoted Authorities as saying that the soldiers were manning a checkpoint in Radwaniya, a suburb near the airport, when they were attacked early Wednesday. Iraqi forces arrested 17 suspects in the area. --SPA 15:14 LOCAL TIME 12:14 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/762155