Baghdad, March 16, SPA -- Armed insurgents killed four soldiers in anovernight attack in northern Iraq, Iraqi security officials reportedMonday morning. According to the officials, the attack occurred at an armycheckpoint along a rural road near the town of Samarra, DPA reported. Separately, a guard assigned to watch over a mobile phone basestation near the city of Kirkuk was killed. According to the Voicesof Iraq news agency, a second guard was injured in the attack.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/644892