BAGHDAD, Aug 04, SPA -- A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi Army convoy killed one civilian and wounded five others Saturday at a busy intersection in central Baghdad, police said. Four of the wounded were Iraqi soldiers, a police officersaid on condition of anonymity out of security concerns. In western Baghdad, a mortar round landed on a house in Ghazaliyah, killing another civilian, another officer saidon the same condition of anonymity. Meanwhile in northern Iraq, a police lieutenant colonelwas gunned down Saturday morning on his way to work. Ismail Salim Khudaeir, worked as deputy director of theprovincial security affairs department in Kirkuk, a mixedcity about 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad. Hewas killed in a drive-by shooting around 8 a.m. whilewalking to work, said police colonel Anwar Qadir.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/472635
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