BAGHDAD – Attacks killed 10 people around Iraq on Friday, including the 8-year-old daughter of an imam who preached against violence and three police officers ambushed in Baghdad, officials said.
The string of bombings and shootings underlined the security concerns Iraq still faces as American troops prepare to leave the country by the end of this year. Iraq’s prime minister maintains the country is able to provide for its own internal security, but U.S. officials say Iraq must decide soon whether to ask any of the remaining American forces to stay past their Dec. 31 departure date.
In Baghdad, a bomb went off in a predominantly Shiite neighborhood in southeastern Baghdad, killing three police commandos and one civilian and wounding 24 policemen and five civilians, said police and medical officials. As police arrived on the scene to investigate, a second bomb exploded.
Insurgents often use such staggered blasts to lure in security and
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