Security incidents in Iraq, Jan. 28

Jan 28 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Saturday, Jan. 28, as of 1130 GMT.

U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.

KERBALA - Police patrols found six bodies blindfolded and with their hands tied behind their backs in a deserted area 20 km (12 miles) east of Kerbala. All had been shot, police said.

ISHAAQI - Gunmen killed an Iraqi employee of a U.S. military base in his house in Ishaaqi, 90 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - Two policemen were killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATU - An oil tanker driver was killed and three tankers destroyed when a car bomb hit their convoy in Tuz Khurmatu, 70 km (40 miles) south of the northern oil city of Kirkuk on Friday, police said.

MOSUL - Two Iraqi soldiers died and four were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Tal Afar, 50 km (32 miles) west of the northern city of Mosul on Friday, the U.S. military said. In a separate bombing in the same area, one civilian was killed and another wounded. Two Iraqi soldiers were also wounded in the explosion, the U.S. military said.