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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 13
13 Jun 2009 12:33:36 GMT
Source: Reuters
June 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Saturday.

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* MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded two civilians in the west of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

SAMARRA - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb on Friday during combat related operations in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said, without giving details. Police said an Iraqi officer was also killed in the incident in Samarra, 155 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol wounded two policemen in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of the capital, police said.

BAIJI - A roadside bomb killed a girl and wounded seven other civilians in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

TIKRIT - Police found the body of a young man shot in the head and chest in central Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of the capital, on Friday, police said.


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Relatives cry at the coffin of Harith al-Ubaidi during his funeral ceremony at Adhamiya District in Baghdad June 13, 2009.The head of Iraq's biggest Sunni Muslim parliament bloc, al-Ubaidi, was killed ...



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