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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 6
06 Aug 2008 14:54:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1430 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* MOSUL - A suicide car bomber, targeting an Iraqi army patrol, killed three people and wounded 14, including one soldier, in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - The bodies of two men who had been shot in the head and chest were found in Mosul, police said.

DIYALA - The total number of suspects arrested since the beginning of a military offensive in Diyala last week has reached 483, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

DIYALA - The bodies of 16 men were discovered on Tuesday in different areas of a village near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a security officer in Diyala said.

MOSUL - Gunmen wounded one man and one child in a drive-by shooting on Tuesday in Mosul, police said.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami; editing by Missy Ryan)


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