Security incidents in Iraq, Feb. 4
Feb. 4 (Reuters) - The following are security incidents in Iraq reported on Saturday. Feb. 4, as of 1600 GMT.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
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*HIT - Iraqi and U.S. soldiers killed four insurgents after they came under fire during a patrol along the Euphrates River south of Hit on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday. One of the gunmen had been wearing a suicide vest, it said in a statement.
NASSIRIYA - A gunman fired into a crowd of Shi'ites marching in the southern city of Nassiriya 375 km (235 miles) south of Baghdad, killing three, police said. The gunman was later arrested.
KIRKUK - Five policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
U.S. and Iraqi forces are battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government in Baghdad.
* denotes a new or updated item
*HIT - Iraqi and U.S. soldiers killed four insurgents after they came under fire during a patrol along the Euphrates River south of Hit on Friday, the U.S. military said on Saturday. One of the gunmen had been wearing a suicide vest, it said in a statement.
NASSIRIYA - A gunman fired into a crowd of Shi'ites marching in the southern city of Nassiriya 375 km (235 miles) south of Baghdad, killing three, police said. The gunman was later arrested.
KIRKUK - Five policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.
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