Iraqi anchorwoman found shot to death

Journalist mourned

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Raiedah Mohammed Wazan, a 40-year-old television anchorwoman in Ninevah province, was found shot to death Friday in the al-Wahda neighborhood in eastern Mosul, her husband said.
Wazan was buried Friday, and family members kept a mourning service on Saturday private for fear of attacks.
Wazan was abducted a week ago by unknown gunmen. She was found shot in the forehead and chest.
Other developments
A U.S. soldier with Task Force Baghdad died Sunday night after being shot at a traffic checkpoint in southern Baghdad, a U.S. military statement said. The incident is under investigation. U.S. military officials announced on Sunday the deaths of two other American soldiers and a Marine, all three killed on Saturday. The soldiers died in an insurgent attack in eastern Baghdad and the Marine was killed in Babil province. The deaths bring the number of U.S. troops killed in the Iraq war to 1,495, including 1,142 killed in hostile action, according to the U.S. military.

An Iraqi oil pipeline was sabotaged in Dibis, about 31 miles (50 kilometers) north of Kirkuk, authorities said Sunday. A Kirkuk police source told CNN a bomb was planted and damaged the pipeline, which is used for pumping crude oil from the Dibis oil field to the Kirkuk refinery.

Seven Iraqis were wounded Sunday when a bomb exploded inside a town building in Hamam al-Alil, about 20 kilometers (12 miles) southeast of Mosul, Iraqi police said. The building houses different government departments.