Gunmen kill five in Iraqi Turkmen town

Gunmen killed five soldiers and policemen on Saturday when they attacked a checkpoint in a Turkmen town in northern Iraq, an army captain said.

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Gunmen ambushed an Iraqi Army checkpoint near the Syrian border Friday, an attack that punctuated a violent day across Iraq in which more than 20 people were killed.
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At least 34 people are killed in bomb attacks in northern Iraq, the deadliest since US troops withdrew from Iraqi towns.
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Turkish warplanes bomb PKK bases in northern Iraq, a day after rebel attacks killed 10 Turkish soldiers, the army says.
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