Two roadside bombs exploding in quick succession killed five Iraqi soldiers overnight and wounded eight more while they were on patrol in a village in Iraq's volatile Diyala province, Reuters quoted police sources as saying. The attack occured in a village near Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) north of Baghdad, at around midnight. One of the dead was an officer. Al Qaeda and other militants regrouped in Diyala, now one of Iraq's most violent provinces, after being routed from other parts of the country. A series of offensives last year weakened their grip on the province, but they are still capable of mounting lethal attacks. Violence has fallen across Iraq to lows not seen since 2003.
