Ten dead in Iraq violence north and south

[Tom Yossarian Joad]

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Anti-US insurgents have won widespread support in Sunni areas just south of Baghdad that border Shiite southern Iraq, earning the region its notoriety.

In the capital, an employee of the Baghdad provincial government was shot dead in the street by gunmen on Saturday morning, a ministry official said.

About an hour later, another man was killed in similar fashion in the same district of eastern Baghdad, the official said.

To the north, three Iraqis were killed in shootings and a bomb blast, while the body of businessman was discovered, secuirty sources said.

A soldier and a civilian died when Iraqi troops and rebels clashed in Samarra, raided by US-led troops last October in a bid to rid it of insurgents ahead of the January 30 elections, said Captain Assad Amjad.

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