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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 12
12 Mar 2007 14:32:15 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

March 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1400 GMT on Monday:

* Indicates new or updated item

* NEAR MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead the director-general of water projects in Iraq's Mosul, Abdullah Mohammad, just outside the northern city, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces arrested 22 suspected insurgents in raids around Iraq on Monday targeting al Qaeda and foreign fighters supporters, a U.S. statement said.

ISKANDARIYA - Mortar rounds landed on a soccer field killing at least two boys and wounding two others in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A total of 20 bodies were found shot dead on Sunday in different districts of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A U.S. marine was killed in combat on Sunday in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb that hit their patrol during a mission supporting an air assault southwest of Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said late on Sunday.

MAHAWEEL - The body of a man, shot dead and tortured, was found in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MUSSAYAB - The body of a man, shot dead and bound, was found on Sunday in the town of Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.


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