Skip to main content  Iraqi boy, police officers killed in
separate attacks  From Mohammed Tawfeeq, CNN   • NEW: Violence
in Baghdad leaves five Iraqi police officers dead   • NEW:
Civilians were caught in the crossfire of a clash near a mosque,
killing a 7-year-old boy   • A member of a Sunni paramilitary
force that turned on al Qaeda was also killed   • The attacks
come as the United States prepares to draw back troops   • Iraq
Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Clashes erupted throughout Iraq on
Saturday between gunmen and state security forces, killing five
police officers, a local Awakening Council member and a 7-year-
old boy, authorities said.  The violence comes as U.S. forces
continue a drawdown in Iraq. President Barack Obama said last
week that plans to reduce the total number of American troops in
Iraq to 50,000 by the end of this month are on track. At that
point, the U.S. military mission will shift to training and
supporting Iraqi security forces and U.S. diplomats.  In the al-
Qadisiya neighborhood in east