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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 23
23 Sep 2007 11:37:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
Sept 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1100 GMT on Sunday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb detonated near their patrol during combat operations in east Baghdad on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

* KUT - Iraqi security forces detained a suspected weapons smuggler and three other suspected insurgents during an intelligence driven operation on Friday in the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) south east of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* RAMADI - Police found the bodies of three men shot near the city of Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army detained a suspected al Qaeda cell leader specializing in roadside bombs during a raid in Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed an insurgent called Rafid Sabah, known as Abu Taghrid or Abu Azar, a key leader in a car bombing network, during a military operation in Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.

* KIRKUK - Gunmen wounded two policemen when they attacked their checkpoint in Kirkuk, police said.

YATHRIB - Suspected al Qaeda militants killed an off-duty police lieutenant and three of his relatives on Saturday when they attacked him in his farm in the town of Yathrib, near Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Nine bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

JBELA - Four bodies, including a policeman, were found shot in the town of Jbela, 65 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed a policeman and wounded another on Saturday in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty policeman in Mosul on Saturday, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a man inside his shop in a drive-by shooting on Saturday in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


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