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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 22
22 Nov 2006 11:41:21 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Nov 22 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1120 GMT on Wednesday:

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession, wounding two policemen when they went to retrieve the bodies of three people in Haifa street in central Baghdad, police said.

* NEAR RAMADI - Police found the bodies of three people near Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* FALLUJA - Gunmen killed a policeman in Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

NEAR MUQDADIYA - A car bomb near an Iraqi army check point and an attack by gunmen killed four people -- a university professor, a traffic police officer and two soldiers -- and wounded three civilians, in a village near the town of Muqdadiya, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb planted near members of the Facility Protection Services (FPS) killed seven and wounded another on Tuesday afternoon in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier died of "non-battle" injuries in Salahaddin province on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded three policemen in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Clashes erupted between gunmen and the police on Tuesday, wounding six people, including three women, in Mosul, police said.

LATIFIYA - U.S. forces arrested 45 suspected insurgents on Tuesday in the town of Latifiya, in an area dubbed "The Triangle of Death" south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BAQUBA - Gunmen attacked a police patrol and killed three policemen in the religiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km ( 40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - U.S. marines rescued two hostages and detained 13 suspected insurgents on Monday north of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS:

* A U.N. report said 3,709 civilians were killed in October, a record high, and 3,345 were killed in September. The report said 418,392 people were displaced within Iraq due to sectarian violence since the February bombing of a Shi'ite shrine in Samarra. Nearly 100,000 more were fleeing to Syria and Jordan every month.


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