In Iraq, nine people were killed, including six soldiers and two policemen, in a swathe of bombings and shootings across the country today. According to security officials, in the deadliest attack, four soldiers died and 10 others were wounded when their patrol struck a roadside bomb at around noon near a petrol station northeast of Fallujah, 50 kilometres west of Baghdad.<br/><br/>In Northern Province of Kirkuk, a roadside bomb in the town of Hawijaa killed two soldiers who were on a military patrol. <br/><br/>The restive northern city of Mosul saw three attacks which left two policemen and a civilian dead. <br/><br/>Also in central Mosul, a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one policeman and wounded two civilians.<br/><br/>In another attack in the city centre, gunmen shot dead a civilian outside his home.