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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 2
02 Nov 2006 08:00:08 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Nov 2 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 0730 GMT on Thursday.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked a police patrol and killed three policemen and wounded another in al-Sinaa street in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

RAMADI - U.S. forces conducted an air strike in the insurgent stronghold city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, and killed a local al-Qaeda in Iraq leader and his driver on Wednesday, the U.S. military said on Thursday. A U.S. statement said Rafa al-Ithawi, the Emir of Shamiya, frequently harboured foreign fighters who entered Iraq illegally.

KIRKUK - Gunmen attacked a pharmacy and killed the pharmacist on Wednesday night in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen kidnapped a police colonel, Khalid Ibrahim, on Wednesday in al-Selekh district in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.


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