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2 Iraqi soldiers killed by roadside bomb near capital

08 July 2011 18:36 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and three others wounded Friday when a roadside bomb exploded near a military patrol in the Abu Ghraib area, 25 km west of the capital city Baghdad, a police source said, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

One of the patrol vehicles was damaged and the injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for treatment, the source told Xinhua, insisting on anonymity.

He said the security forces sealed off the scene and started searching for the attackers.

Also on Friday, unidentified gunmen attacked and killed a member of the Awakening Council group near his residence in Baquba city, some 60 km northeast of Baghdad, another police source told Xinhua.

Awakening Council, a military group used to fight the U.S. forces, has turned against the al-Qaida when it started indiscriminately killing Iraqi civilians.