Tikrit, Iraq, Oct 7, SPA -- Insurgents using roadside bombs anddrive-by shootings killed one Iraqi and wounded 10 othersSaturday, the Associated Press reported. Elsewhere, bomb blasts killed six Marines as the U.S.military announced on Friday that it had completed a majorsweep in western Iraq aimed at suppressing militants before the constitutional vote. The military said 50 insurgents were killed in the six-dayIron Fist offensive, launched Oct. 1 in towns near theSyrian border and completed Thursday. --SPA1254 Local Time 0954 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/294910
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