Eighteen Iraqis die in series of attacks

BAGHDAD - Eighteen Iraqis were killed in a series of attacks Saturday, including two soldiers, four policeman while eight bodies were found around the country, according to security sources.

In the latest attack, three civilians were killed early evening by a mortar attack on downtown Samarra, north of Baghdad, said a local hospital source.

Three policeman were killed by a booby-trapped motorcycle in Baquba, northeast of Baghdad and another policeman was killed in Mosul, in the far north of the country.

In Baghdad, meanwhile, three civilians were killed by gunmen who opened fire on their car. Another attack in the capital saw an off duty security guard of the justice ministry together with another civilian fall under a hail of bullets.

Two other attacks in Baghdad brought down an Iraqi army officer and a soldier while a mortar round in the western neighborhood of Khadra killed a civilian.

Four other civilians, including a woman, were killed by a rocket attack on the village of Talayeb, south of Sammara.

Eight unidentified bodies were discovered blindfolded with their hands bound on Saturday -- three in the southern Baghdad neighborhood of Rustumiya, three in northeast Baghdad, and two in Mosul.

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