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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 17
17 Nov 2009 16:34:52 GMT
Source: Reuters
Nov 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Tuesday.

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* MOSUL - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire on another car, killing the driver and wounding his son, in the western part of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - A bomb at a liquor shop wounded two civilians in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* FALLUJA - A bomb inside a house wounded three members of a family in the western city of Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* FALLUJA - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded one policeman in Falluja, police said.

KIRKUK - Police found two bodies shot in the head in two separate incidents in southern Kirkuk.

BAGHDAD - A bomb planted inside a stationary store exploded, killing two soldiers and wounding six civilians, in southern Baghdad's Doura district, police said.

MOSUL - An investigative judge escaped death when gunmen open fire at his car, seriously wounding his driver in western Mosul, , police said.


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