BAGHDAD -- Iraqi officials say gunmen with silenced weapons killed an army Brigadier General just outside Baghdad, while two civilians died in separate attacks elsewhere in the country.

Police and medical officials said Monday the gunmen shot dead Brig. Gen. Abdul-Muhsen Khazal in the Sunni town of Taji, just north of the capital.

In Haditha, a roadside bomb went off near an army patrol, killing one civilian and wounding four soldiers, said Mohammed Fathi, a provincial spokesman in Iraq's western Anbar province.

Another bomb exploded in the northwest city of Mosul, killing one civilian and wounding another, police said.

Health officials confirmed the casualties. Unnamed officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to brief reporters. Security forces are a top target for insurgents seeking to destabilize the country.

Earlier on HuffPost:

  • People inspect the aftermath of an overnight car bomb attack in Baghdad's Shiite enclave of Sadr City, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

  • People and security forces inspect the scene of a car bomb attack in Kirkuk, 290 kilometers (180 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday, Aug 16, 2012. (AP Photo/Emad Matti)

  • Victims are treated in a local hospital after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

  • Umm Ahmed holds her injured one-year old son, Ahmed, at a hospital after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

  • Qassim Sultan, left, attends to his son Muhannad Qassim as he lies injured in a hospital after a car bomb attack in Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Karim Kadim)

  • Women grieve at a funeral for a man killed in a car bomb attack in the Zafaraniyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)

  • Women attend the funeral of a man killed in a car bomb attack in the Zafaraniyah neighborhood of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, Aug. 17, 2012. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban)