Bombs, ambush kill 9 people in Iraq

BAGHDAD (AP) — Militants at a fake checkpoint shot three truck drivers dead Tuesday in an ambush, and bombings killed six people, as the deadliest violence in years plagues Iraq.

Gunmen killed the three drivers early Tuesday at their checkpoint on a road in central Iraq. The gunmen stopped the trucks in a remote area in Diyala province and then executed the drivers, a security official said.