Two killed by Iraq roadside bombs

A roadside bomb targeted a police patrol in western Baghdad today, killing one policeman and wounding five others.

Another bomb exploded when a second group of police arrived at the scene in Baiyaa neighbourhood, wounding two other policemen, police said.

North of the capital, an Iraqi army patrol was also hit by a roadside bomb, killing one officer and wounding five soldiers outside the city of Baqouba.

In Kirkuk, 180 miles north of Baghdad, police discovered a headless body they believe was that of a Kurdish man kidnapped last night.

Also in Kirkuk, assailants gunned down a policeman near his house late yesterday, police said.

A translator working with Polish military forces in southern Iraq was also killed by gunmen in the city of Diwaniya, 110 miles south of Baghdad, as he was on his way home from work.