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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 4
04 Mar 2007 16:53:41 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

March 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1645 GMT on Sunday:

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

* MOSUL - Gunmen killed two policemen when they attacked a police station in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Police found 10 bullet-riddled bodies, including two policemen and four brothers, in different parts of Mosul, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in Karrada district of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding four, police said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained three suspected militants during a raid at a mosque in Baghdad, the U.S. military said. A woman was wounded during the operation.

* NEAR BAQUBA - A roadside bomb exploded near an Iraqi army patrol in a village near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded three others in al-Kifah street in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A total of 10 bodies were found shot dead on Saturday in different districts of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A total of nine bodies were found shot dead on Saturday in different districts of the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A journalist was shot dead outside his home in a Sunni neighbourhood in western Baghdad, neighbours and colleagues at his newspaper said. Mohan al-Dhaher was a senior editor at the independent al-Mashriq daily.

NEAR TIKRIT - The bodies of two people were found shot dead east of Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained more than 50 suspected insurgents in three days of operations near Tikrit, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.


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