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Insurgents hiding in a roadside farmhouse ambushed a police patrol on Monday northeast of Baghdad, killing 5 officers and a child and wounding 19 people, police officials said. The attack, just outside Muqdadiya, began when insurgents opened fire on a police patrol as it passed the farmhouse. A half-hour gun battle ensued, and a convoy of police reinforcements was on its way to the scene when a car bomb exploded, wounding a number of officers and bystanders. The insurgents escaped unharmed, the officials said. Full Story