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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 28
28 Jun 2008 11:21:51 GMT
Source: Reuters
June 28 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1115 GMT on Saturday:

BAGHDAD - U.S. and Iraqi forces killed three militants, including an al Qaeda cell leader, and captured a dozen suspected militants in various operations in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

KIRKUK - The Iraqi police found the body of a civilian bearing gunshot wounds in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

SAMARRA - Iraqi police found the bodies of seven Iraqis, including a woman, bearing gunshot wounds and torture marks in a house being used as a prison by suspected al Qaeda militants in northern Iraq, police said on Saturday.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary; Editing by Tim Cocks)


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