A suicide car bomb killed two Iraqi policemen and injured 20 others, including several civilians, in an attack on Monday in the town of Nassiriya in southern Iraq.
The bomber targeted police barracks in the city, which has seen relatively little of such violence, according to Reuters. The town, whose population is mainly Shiite, is located 235 miles south of Iraq’s capital.
In another incident, a British soldier was shot dead in south-eastern Iraq. The soldier was part of a patrol which came under small arms fire at 0840 GMT in Maysan province. He died from his injuries.
US military sources revealed on Sunday that three decapitated bodies were found the previous day in a soccer field west of the capital, while the death of a former lieutenant general in Saddam Hussein's army, Mahmoud Badawi, a was killed by a rocket attack on his home.
Also on Saturday, 11 Iraqis were killed in a shop that sold sweets in the town of Iskandaria after a bomb was detonated nearby.
Saddam trial to resume on Wednesday following courtroom disruptions
Meanwhile, the trial of former Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein is set to resume on Wednesday after courtroom disruption forced the trial to be put on hold.
The courtroom chaos began with an outburst from one of the defense-team lawyers, who directed a verbal attack at the court’s newly appointed judge, Raouf Abdel-Rahman, calling him a “daughter of a whore.”
Saddam also joined in the screaming match, shouting, "Down with the traitors. Down with America!."
A two-day intermission was later decided upon, though a Muslim holy day may require that proceedings resume on Thursday instead.
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