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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 6
06 Dec 2007 15:37:05 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1530 GMT on Thursday.

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* KHANAQIN - Eight Kurdish Peshmerga troops and three militant gunmen were killed in a battle near the town of Khanaqin, 140 km (85 miles) northeast of Baghdad, a Peshmerga spokesman said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers killed two suspected Shi'ite militia fighters and wounded two others during a raid in the al-Hayy area south of the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* FALLUJA - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded three others near the city of Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* DHULUIYA - Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded two others in an attack in the town of Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - The body of a man showing signs of torture was found in Abbasi near the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Six people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in the Diyala Bridge district of southeastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near the al-Shaab National Stadium in central Baghdad, police said.


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