Baghdad, July 23, SPA -- Insurgents continued a string ofattacks Saturday against Iraqi police and civilians,leaving at least six dead, The Associated Press reported. Three Fallujah police officers were found fatally shot inthe nearby town of Karma, 10 kilometers (6 miles) east ofFalluja on Saturday, said police 1st Lt. Mohammed Ibrahimfrom Fallujah. The victims _ identified as 1st Lt. Mahir al Dulaimi, Lt.Ali Abdullah and Sgt. Aziz Jehanhad _ had traveled to Karmathree days ago and their families lost contact with them,he said. In Baghdad, unknown gunmen traveling in two cars openedfire and killed a Ministry of Interior police employeeFriday night, police Capt. Mohammed al-Obeidi saidSaturday. Lt. Col. Abdul Qadir Wahab was killed in his caron his way home, he said. In separate attacks, gunmen ambushed several Iraqi policepatrols throughout Baghdad Saturday, injuring threeofficers, police said. The morning attacks occurred in the eastern neighborhoodof New Baghdad, southern Dora and western Seidiyah, policesaid. A blindfolded, bullet-filled corpse of a man in his 50swas found just outside Baghdad, said police Lt. Col SabahHameed. The man had died some time ago, he said. On Friday night, police discovered the body of the thirdof three brothers abducted in northern Baghdad earlier thisweek. Two corpses had already been found on Thursday,according to 1st Lt. Thair Mahmoud Saturday. Two of thebrothers were police officers while the third was a Muslimimam.--SPA1102 Local Time 0802 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/278547
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