Iraq: Guard, cop killed in Baghdad; 2 Norwegians hurt

Two members of Iraq's security forces were killed and two Norwegian contractors injured Monday in separate morning rush hour attacks in Baghdad, police and hospital officials said. 

An Iraqi guard died at al-Kindi hospital about 90 minutes after the convoy he was trying to protect hit a roadside bomb on a major highway in eastern Baghdad, officials said. Two Norwegians and two other Iraqi guards also were injured in the blast. A hospital official said they were in stable condition and being treated for shrapnel wounds. The convoy was headed to Iraq's water resources ministry, which had hired the Norwegians as consultants. (AP)