Todays last throws in iraq : November 4th

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents reported in Iraq on Friday, Nov. 4, as of 1240 GMT.







TAZA - Five Iraqi special forces troops were killed and four were wounded when their convoy was hit by a roadside bomb in Taza, 10 km (6 miles) south of Kirkuk, Major Yazkar Mohammed said.

SAMARRA - U.S. forces said they killed three gunmen and wounded two more when a gun battle broke out in the city of Samarra, north of Baghdad.

DORA - A roadside bomb in Dora, south of Baghdad, killed three people, hospital sources said.

KERBALA - A former Baath party official was killed by gunmen in Kerbala, police said.

BUHRIZ - Gunmen armed with assault rifles and heavier weaponry killed at least six Iraqi policemen and wounded 10 in an attack on a checkpoint near Buhriz, north of Baghdad, police said. One officer put the toll at nine dead and 12 wounded.

TALLIL - A U.S. soldier from a supply unit died on Thursday of "non-battle related causes" near Tallil, a major base in southern Iraq, the military said.