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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 31
31 Dec 2006 10:46:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Dec 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1030 GMT on Sunday:

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded four others in central Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded six others in Hurriya, a district in northwestern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

* BAGHDAD - A rocket landed on a residential district, killing two children and wounding a man and a woman, in Kadhimiya, a district in northwestern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A total of 12 bodies were found shot dead and most showing signs of torture on Saturday in different districts of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb near a Sunni mosque killed two people and wounded eight on Saturday in al-Dhubat street in Adhamiya district in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

HABANIYA - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained 15 suspected insurgents during operations on Saturday in Habaniya near Falluja, west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

FALLUJA - U.S. and Iraqi forces detained five suspected insurgents during operations on Saturday in the city of Falluja, the U.S. military said.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

* AWJA - Saddam Hussein was buried in the dead of night in his home village of Awja in northern Iraq, a day after he was hanged for crimes against humanity.


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