Security Developments Iraq
Bagdad-A US helicopter with two Marine crew members crashed in western Anbar province but did not appear to have been brought down by guerrillas,the US military said.
Mosul-Two men were killed ans one wounded when gunman opened fire on their car in western Musul.police said.
Dujail-Two Iraqi army soldiers were killed and three wounded in an attck on army checkpoint near Dujail.of Bagdad,police said.
Baquba-Police Colonel Qahtan al-Bawi and his bodyguard were killed when gunmen ambushed their car near the city of Baquba police said.
Baquba-Gunmen killed five people--two sets of brothers-in Baquba police said
Bagdad-At least four people were killed and 15 wounded when a motar round landed in a crowed market in southern Bagdad Police said
Bagdad-A US Marine was killed in clashes in Iraq's restive Anbar province on Friday,the US military said on Saturday
Kirkuk-An Iraqi army major was killed and three soldiers wre wounded when gunmen in a car blocked their patrol and open fire on main road,police said
Diwaniya-Police Cononel Kamil Guaim was seriossly wounded when a roadside bomb went off near his house in Diwaniya
Najaf- Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki met leading Iragi cleric Grand Avatollah Ali al-Sistani during a vist to one of the country's holiest cities and thanked him for working for Iraq's untiy.He also held talks with radical Shi'ite cleric Mogtada al-Sadr in Najaf with no deal on his being in the government until his Army stands down.