Police targeted in Iraq attacks  BAGHDAD Mon Jun 7, 2010 10:15am
EDT  Related Topics  BAGHDAD (Reuters) - Gunmen and bombers
killed at least 11 people and wounded scores in a string of
attacks in western Iraq and the capital Baghdad on Monday,
targeting mainly police and Sunni ex-insurgents who turned
against al Qaeda.  In Baghdad, a car bomb in the western Mansour
district killed three people and wounded nine, while four
roadside bombs in other areas of the city hit police patrols,
killing two officers and wounding more than 20 civilians.
Overall violence has dropped sharply since the worst days of
sectarian war, but insurgents have targeted police and
government workers before and since a March 7 parliamentary
election which produced no clear winner and is fuelling
tensions.  In Abu Ghraib on Baghdad's western outskirts, armed
men killed an imam who was a member of the Sahwa militia, or
Sons of Iraq -- Sunni former militants who changed sides and
fought against al Qaeda, helping turn the tide of the insurg