Shooting and bombing kill 13 in Baghdad: police

BAGHDAD (Reuters) – Thirteen people died in a shooting and
a bombing in Baghdad on Thursday, including four Iraqi
policemen, police said.

Gunmen opened fire on a minibus taking labourers to work in
southwestern Baghdad, killing six.

In northern Baghdad, seven people were killed and four
others wounded in a car bomb apparently targeting a police
patrol. Of those killed, four were police and three civilians.

The latest violence came as Prime Minister-designate Nuri
al-Maliki was expected soon to unveil a unity government in
which the country’s main ethnic and religious groups share
power, ending five months of political paralysis.

The United States, which has 133,000 troops in Iraq
suffering daily casualties three years after Saddam Hussein’s
overthrow, hopes a broad-based coalition will help end
sectarian and guerrilla violence.