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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 9
09 Dec 2006 14:16:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Saturday:

* denotes new or updated item.

*FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine died on Saturday from wounds sustained in combat in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a statement.

FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine died on Thursday from wounds sustained in combat in Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a statement.

KERBALA - A suicide car bomber killed seven people and wounded 44 in a crowded market in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, hospital sources said. Police put the death toll at six, with 44 hurt.

MOSUL - Three people were killed and three wounded in a car bomb explosion in the northern city of Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds killed two people and wounded at least three when they landed on Baghdad's Shi'ite district of Kadhimiya, police sources said.

MOSUL - Insurgents blew up a school under construction in the Yarmouk district of Iraq's northern city of Mosul late on Friday, police said. The source said no one was harmed in the bombing.

RASHAD - A roadside bomb wounded a policeman when it exploded near his patrol in the town of Rashad, 40 km (25 miles) southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.


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