Sunni-led insurgents killed six Iraqi police officers at a checkpoint and fired a mortar round that struck a home outside the capital, killing a child inside, officials said, as Shiites began celebrating a major Muslim holiday. Also Friday, the U.S. military said it had killed five senior figures of the feared insurgent group al-Qaida in Iraq during an airstrike last Saturday in Husaybah near the Syrian border. The five, including at least one North African, were responsible for bombings against U.S. and Iraqi forces, the announcement said. Full Story
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