AT LEAST 13 PEOPLE DIED FRIDAY IN RENEWED ATTACKS AND FIGHTING ACROSS IRAQ, DPA REPORTED. AN EXPLOSIVE DEVICE WHICH TARGETED A VEHICLE USED BY A PRIVATE SECURITY COMPANY KILLED THREE IRAQIS AND INJURED FOUR IN THE NORTHERN CITY OF KIRKUK, POLICE SAID. THREE IRAQI SOLDIERS DIED IN THE NORTH OF TIKRIT, 180 KILOMETRES NORTH OF BAGHDAD, WHEN THEIR PATROL WAS ATTACKED BY INSURGENTS. A POLICE OFFICER AND A CIVILIAN DIED IN A SIMILAR ATTACK BY INSURGENTS ON AN IRAQI PATROL IN HOWAIDA, 50 KILOMETRES WEST OF KIRKUK. UNKNOWN ASSAILANTS KILLED THE LEADER OF A CLAN AND HIS SON IN DIWANIYAH, 200 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, WHILE THE REGIONAL DIRECTOR OF THE RAILWAY ADMINISTRATION WAS KILLED IN BEIJI, 200 KILOMETRES NORTH OF THE CAPITAL. US FORCES SHOT DEAD FRIDAY A MEMBER OF MOQTADA AL-SADR'S MILITIA MOVEMENT IN HILLAH, 100 KILOMETRES SOUTH OF BAGHDAD, IRAQI SECURITY SOURCES SAID.
