Five Iraqis killed

Various parts of Iraq witnessed in the past hours new attacks and explosions that resulted in killing five Iraqis including four soldiers and one member of the Bader organization of the Higher Council For the Islamic Revolution.

In Baqouba, northeast of Baghdad, four Iraqi soldiers were killed and other four injured in a booby trapped car explosion led by a suicide bomber that targeted an inspection point for the army, west of this city where one member of the Bader organization was also killed. He is called Abbas Salman Ahmad. His son was injured when gunmen opened fire at them as they were leaving their house.

In Tikrit, north of Baghdad, one Iraqi soldier was injured when a roadside bomb went off targeting a police car.

Some 21 Iraqis were killed on Thursday in various attacks including four supporters of the Shiite leader Muqtada al-Sader in a booby trapped car explosion near Tikrit while they were returning from TelAfer in Musil.