DRIVE-BY SHOOTING ADDS TO DEATH TOLL IN IRAQ

Drive-by shooting marks third day of Iraq attacks

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Seventy-five people killed and 202 wounded in Iraq in three days

Two killed in Friday drive-by shooting in Baghdad, Iraqi official says
Deadliest bombing happened in Tal Afar, where at least 35 people were killed
U.S. combat forces pulled out of urban areas June 30

BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A drive-by shooting Friday in Baghdad marked the third day of attacks across the country that have killed 75 people, officials said.

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Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on a western Baghdad checkpoint run by the Sons of Iraq, killing two of their members, an Iraqi Interior Ministry official said.

The Sons of Iraq, also known as Awakening Councils, are made up of mainly former Sunni insurgents who turned on groups such al Qaeda in Iraq.

The Sunni militias created by the U.S. military are credited as a major factor in the drop in violence in Iraq.

In addition to the 75 people killed, 202 people have been wounded in the series of attacks that began Wednesday.

The most fatal one occurred Thursday when a double suicide bombing killed at least 35 people and wounded 65 others in the northern Iraqi city of Tal Afar in Nineveh province. Political tensions between Arabs and Kurds have recently increased in the region.

Another double bombing in northern Baghdad killed nine civilians and wounded 35, Interior Ministry officials said.