Officials: Attacks west of Baghdad kill 8 troops

Iraqi officials say attacks in and near a western Baghdad suburb have killed four officers and four soldiers.
A police officer says militants fired mortar rounds into a military base in Abu Ghraib, west of the Iraqi capital, killing three officers and three soldiers. Seven soldiers were wounded in that attack.
The officer says a bomb went off next to a military patrol in the same area, killing two, an officer and a soldier. Two other soldiers were wounded.
A medical official confirmed the casualty figures. All officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to media.