Gunmen killed four policemen and wounded at least nine more in separate attacks in Baghdad today. The reputed leader of al Qaida in Iraq said the country’s security forces were as great an enemy as the Americans and brushed aside calls to abandon the insurgency.

Gunmen ambushed two more top diplomats from Muslim countries in apparent kidnap bids that seemed aimed at scaring off foreign governments and isolating Iraq from the Arab world.

Sinan Salahedin, Baghdad

Insurgents mounted attacks against Arab and Muslim diplomats in Iraq today, wounding Bahrain’s top envoy in a kidnapping attempt. Pakistan’s ambassador also escaped an assault on his convoy.