"When multinational forces engaged the terrorists, the terrorists used Iraqi children as shields. One child was killed as a result of their action," the US military said in a statement, without specifying who killed the child nor how it had died."
Overcast and gloomy, with a chance of mayhem occuring spontaneously.
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<...> The attacks in Baghdad included a car bomb which targeted a police patrol, killing three Iraqis and injuring two.
In another attack, a university lecturer and three passengers in his car were killed in a drive-by shooting in the capital's southern Aalam district.
In a separate incident, a US military convoy was attacked in central Baghdad. One vehicle caught fire, but details of casualties are not known.
An Iraqi child was also killed during fighting between US forces and insurgents in the north-western city of Talafar, the US military said.
"When multinational forces engaged the terrorists, the terrorists used Iraqi children as shields. One child was killed as a result of their action," the US military said in a statement, without specifying who killed the child nor how it had died.
And in Qadissiya, in southern Baghdad, police said a member of the Shia Muslim Dawa party was found dead with his throat slit. <...>