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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 2
02 Feb 2008 13:33:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
Feb 2 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Saturday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked a convoy of Abdul-Kareem al-Mohammedawi, deputy dean of Baghdad's dental college, killing two guards and wounding two others in the Zayouna district of eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb aimed at a police patrol in western Baghdad wounded five people including three policemen, police said.

SHIRQAT - A roadside bomb killed four policemen when it struck their patrol in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed one gunman and arrested 13 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different districts across Baghdad on Friday, police said.

SAMARRA - Six gunmen were killed and two policemen were wounded in clashes on Friday in central Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HAWIJA - U.S. forces killed one gunman and arrested another after they had opened fire on a U.S. patrol near Hawija, 70 km (43 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. Kirkuk is 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.

TAL AFAR - Police killed three gunmen and arrested three others in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Two decomposed bodies with gunshot wounds were found Friday in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.


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