The U.S. military said American troops killed three suspected militants in Diyala on Wednesday, including two who had explosives strapped to their bodies.The incident, near the town of Jalula, began when several men ran from a building as U.S. forces approached. Two were killed in by U.S. forces and a third blew himself up, the military said.
A day earlier, a suicide bomber killed 25 people in an attack on a police recruiting station in Jalula.
In other violence, three Iraqi motorists were killed Wednesday when a parked car exploded near them in eastern Baghdad, according to an Interior Ministry official who spoke on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to release information.