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Summary A health official in a nearby hospital confirmed the causality figure.
Iraqi police and health officials say attacks in western Baghdad have killed two soldiers and a policeman.A police officer says militants in a speeding car attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint, opening fire from pistols fitted with silencers in Mansour neighborhood on Wednesday morning. Two soldiers died in that attack.The officer says a roadside bomb exploded shortly afterward as a police patrol was heading to the scene of the Mansour attack, killing one policeman and wounding six people.A health official in a nearby hospital confirmed the causality figure. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to release the information.Security forces are among the favorite targets for insurgents seeking to undermine public confidence in government efforts to restore security.
