News From Iraq

-Gunmen in Iraq's capital today opened fire on municipal street sweepers, killing one and injuring two, while a senior intelligence official died in a drive-by shooting. DETAILS

-At least four Iraqis were shot dead and a car bomb exploded in Baghdad as insurgents and rival sectarian death squads pursued their campaigns to destabilise the strife-torn country. DETAILS

-A car bomb went off near an Iraqi police patrol in northern Baghdad on Monday, wounding a policeman and a civilian, a police source said. DETAILS

-At least four Iraqis were shot dead and a car bomb exploded in Baghdad as insurgents and rival sectarian death squads pursued their campaigns to destabilise the strife-torn country. DETAILS

-Gunmen wearing Iraqi police uniforms have kidnapped 26 people in a commercial district of central Baghdad, interior ministry officials have said. DETAILS

-The following are security and other developments in Iraq on Monday:

BAGHDAD - A civilian and a policeman were wounded when a car bomb went off near a police patrol in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Fakhri Salman, a brigadier in the Iraqi National Intelligence Service (INIS), in the Yarmouk district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

MOSUL - Two civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb went off near a joint Iraqi-U.S. military patrol in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Maad Jihad, an advisor to the health minister, in the Mansour district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.