The battle raged all night and left 11 civilians wounded, three of them seriously.

During the crossfire four civilians were killed and more than 30 civilians wounded.

An Iraqi woman was killed and several civilians wounded in a roadside bombing near Samarra.

Even more civilians wounded than vets.

The state radio said 9 people - 5 civilians and 4 presidential guards - had been killed and 50 civilians wounded.

An Iraqi policeman was killed and five civilians wounded in a bomb attack in Ramadi, about 60 miles west of here.

The attacks left four civilians wounded, the officials said.

People of the Kaguit district have been especially afflicted by mines, with nearly 50 civilians killed or wounded in the past 10 years.

Several houses in the area were hit and one soldier and three civilians wounded.

The rangers fired back in self-defence resulting for dead civilians in the truck with others wounded.