In Iraq, six Iraqi army soldiers were killed and two wounded today in a bomb blast in Diyala province. According to Voice of Iraq news agency, the incident occurred when explosives and a number of bombs went off inside a house northeast of Baaquba city. Security sources said that an armed group trapped an Iraqi army force that was raiding a house at dawn in the al-Saadiya district, 155 km northeast of Baaquba. He noted that the armed group used explosives and roadside bombs to detonate the house, killing six soldiers and wounding two others.Baaquba is the capital city of Diala province,which is situated 57 km northeast of Baghdad.