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North Iraq bomb kills five in Iraqi army convoy

BAGHDAD
Fri Jan 9, 2009 2:54am EST

BAGHDAD (Reuters) - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi Army patrol killed five Iraqi soldiers Friday in the northern town of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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It was the second lethal attack on an army convoy in northern Iraq in two days. At around midnight Wednesday, two roadside bombs hit a patrol in a village in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, north of Baghdad, killing five and wounding eight.

Violence across Iraq has fallen to lows not seen since the 2003 invasion, but militants still launch frequent attacks. Iraqi security forces are a favorite target of insurgent groups.

(Reporting by Waleed Ibrahim; Writing by Tim Cocks; Editing by Giles Elgood)
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