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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 4
04 Dec 2006 08:26:00 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Dec 4 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 0800 GMT on Monday.

BAGHDAD - A total of 50 bodies were found, with gunshot wounds, in different districts of Baghdad on Sunday, an Interior Ministry source said. Most of the victims bore signs of torture.

BAQUBA - Gunmen killed four engineers in a drive-by shooting in the violent city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and two others were wounded on Sunday by a roadside bomb near their vehicle in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

MOSUL - A suicide car bomber blew himself up near a U.S. military convoy wounding five civilians in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed an insurgent and arrested 41 others during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two insurgents, detained six others, and destroyed a bomb during a raid on Monday morning in northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

RAMADI - Gunmen killed a policeman on Sunday in the restive city of Ramadi, 110 km (70 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.


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