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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 28
28 Nov 2006 20:51:27 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Nov 28 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 2045 GMT on Tuesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

*RAMADI - Six Iraqis, including five girls ranging in age from infant to teenager, were killed during a firefight between a U.S. patrol and suspected insurgents in Ramadi, the U.S. military said.

FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine died on Monday from wounds sustained in combat in Anbar province, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Thirty-six bodies with gunshot wounds and some with signs of torture were found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, the Interior Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Seven mortars fell on the western district of Ghazaliya, wounding 23 people, the Interior Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - Two car bombs close to west Baghdad's main Yarmouk hospital killed four people and wounded 40, a source at Baghdad police headquarters said. An Interior Ministry source gave the same figure of casualties but they said it was one car bomb.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces raided a mosque and exchanged fire with the guards, wounding four and arresting 14 on Monday in the southern Doura district, an Interior Ministry source said. They found a car bomb factory, weapons and army uniforms. The U.S. military said it was checking the report.

KIRKUK - A man wearing an explosive vest blew himself up next to the convoy of the governor of the northern Iraqi province of Kirkuk, killing a passerby and wounding 12 people, the governor and health officials said.

BAGHDAD - Forty bodies with gunshot wounds and some with signs of torture were found in different parts of Baghdad on Monday, an Interior Ministry source said.

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

TAL AFAR - Two policemen were wounded when they entered a house booby-trapped with explosives in the town of Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


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