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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 9
09 Dec 2006 10:35:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Dec 9 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1030 GMT on Saturday:

KERBALA - A car bomb killed at least six people and wounded 36 others when it blew up in a crowded market in the holy Shi'ite city of Kerbala, hospital sources said. The Interior Ministry said five people were killed and 44 wounded and that the attack was carried out by a suicide bomber.

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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