SUNNI-LED insurgents killed 11 Iraqi security forces and wounded 14 in two separate attacks yesterday, as Shiites began celebrating a major Muslim holiday. Al-Qaida in Iraq threatened more attacks on diplomats here.

A suicide car bomb exploded at an intersection in southern Baghdad today, killing three Iraqi policemen.

Insurgents began a third straight day of attacks in Iraq today, including ambushes, car bombs and a drive-by shooting, killing nine Iraqis and wounding 21, police said.