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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 5
05 Feb 2007 09:44:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Feb 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0940 GMT on Monday:

BAGHDAD - Iraqi and U.S. forces killed Khadhim al-Hamadani, a top official of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's organisation, in a raid on his home north of Baghdad on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb near a vehicle workshop in the central Baghdad neighbourhood of Nahdha killed five people and wounded 15, police said.

MOSUL - A deputy to the governor of Mosul was wounded after a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy, police said. Three of his bodyguards were also wounded.

BASRA - A British soldier was killed on Monday when a roadside bomb struck his patrol in eastern Basra, 550 km (340 miles) south of Baghdad, a spokeswoman for the British army said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in Mustansiriya square in eastern Baghdad, wounding three people, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in eastern Baghdad wounding two people, police said.

KIRKUK - Police found a bullet-riddled body with signs of torture in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.

NEAR KIRKUK - In a separate incident, police said they found a body with bullet wounds and signs of torture in the town of Shwan, 15 km north of Kirkuk.


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