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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 20
20 Oct 2006 07:26:48 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Oct 20 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 0715 GMT on Friday:

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*BAGHDAD - U.S. forces raided a Shi'ite mosque in the Risala district in southern Baghdad, killing one person and detaining two, police and witnesses said. The mosque was damaged during the raid. The U.S. military did not immediately respond to a request for information on the raid.

AMARA - Gunmen with RPGs and AK47s attacked several police stations in Amara in southern Iraq on Thursday in serious clashes involving "rogue elements of militias," a British Army spokesman said. The Iraqi Army deployed two companies (around 230 troops) to help defend the police station and British forces provided air surveillance. Five Iraqi police were wounded.

FALLUJA - A former police chief, Brigadier Sabar al-Janabi, was killed in front of his home in Falluja, west of Baghdad, on Thursday, police said. He had been detained by U.S. forces and released two weeks ago.


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