Gunmen kill 6 in raid on Iraq anti-Qaeda militia

Gunmen killed six people on Thursday in a raid on a government-backed Sunni militia north of Baghdad, as suspected insurgents continued to challenge Iraqi security forces while US troops pull back, officials said.

The attackers first killed two guards protecting the office of the anti-al-Qaeda militia near Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the capital in Diyala province. (Reuters)