A total of nine people were killed Saturday during clashes and in a blast in northern Iraq, where an alleged senior member of Al-Qaeda was arrested, police said. According to dpa, five gunmen were killed during an exchange with police forces in Mosul city, which is located 400 kilometers north of Baghdad. The clashes erupted after gunmen began attacking the security checkpoint with grenades. In western Mosul, two policemen were shot dead by an armed group while a roadside bomb killed two soldiers.
