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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 12
12 Sep 2007 12:35:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
(Corrects value of money stolen in south Baghdad to $550,000)

Sept 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1030 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army killed 12 insurgents and detained 59 in different parts of Iraq during the last 24 hours, the Defence Ministry said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 15 suspected insurgents during operations targeting al Qaeda and their networks in Mosul, Kirkuk and Sinjar, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen wearing camouflage uniforms stopped bank employees driving in two vehicles and stole around $550,000 in southern Baghdad, police said.

* HAWIJA - Three people were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their vehicle near the town of Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.

* RASHEED - A mortar round killed a man and wounded a child in the town of Rasheed, 35 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

* MUWAILHA - Police said they found the bodies of two men, shot and tortured, in the town of Muwailha, 50 km (35 miles) south of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - One civilian was killed and five wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a convoy of security vehicles close to Beirut Square in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. troops killed 12 suspected insurgents and detained 22 others during operations on Monday targeting al Qaeda militants in Kirkuk, Samarra and Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

HILLA - Gunmen killed a policeman near his house in the city of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

MAHAWEEL - Police found the body of a man with gunshot wounds to the head in the town of Mahaweel, 75 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Four people were wounded when several mortar rounds landed in a residential district of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces arrested 16 suspected insurgents during a raid in eastern Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said.

SHIRQAT - Iraqi soldiers detained two suspected al Qaeda cell leaders during a raid on Monday in the town of Shirqat, about 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.


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