Gunmen Fire Mortars and Grenades in Baghdad

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BAGHDAD, Iraq - Gunmen fired mortars and rocket-propelled grenades at Iraqi security forces in downtown Baghdad Sunday while a suicide car bomber attacked a U.S. military convoy in the volatile Anbar province, the military said. No American or Iraqi casualties were reported.


Insurgents are trying to derail next month's nationwide elections, in part by killing Iraqis who cooperate with the United States, making them collaborators in the eyes of insurgents. A day earlier insurgent attacks left three Iraqi police officers dead.


Also Sunday, four decapitated men in civilian clothes were found south of Baghdad and their identities were unclear, police and hospital official said. The victims, believed to be Iraqis, were found in the Haswa area, about 25 miles south of the capital, according to a hospital officials.


U.S. military spokesman Lt. Col. James Hutton said an unknown number of insurgents attacked Iraqi National Guard troops in the central Baghdad with mortar and rocket-propelled grenade fire at about 7:30 a.m.


"The ING unit returned fire (and) several hand grenades were thrown at the ING unit, though there were no casualties or damage to equipment," Hutton said.