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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 17
17 Oct 2008 19:56:09 GMT
Source: Reuters
Oct 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1930 GMT on Friday.

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* MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded another in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* NEAR FALLUJA - Three policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb targeting their patrol in the village of Saqlawiya near Fallujah, west of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded four others when it struck their vehicle in eastern Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen and three civilians when it hit a police patrol in northern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one civilian and wounded four others in the northeastern Baghdad neighbourhood of al- Shaab, police said.

KUT - Iraqi police found the body of a pregnant woman in the east of Kut, 150 km (95 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said. The body bore gunshot wounds.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed two suspected members of 'special groups,' its term for Shi'ite militants it believes are backed by Iran, on Thursday in eastern Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi forces captured 10 suspected militants in separate operations throughout central Iraq from Oct.13 to Oct. 15, the U.S. military said in a statement.

KUT - Gunmen shot a tribal leader on Thursday afternoon in Kut, southeast of Baghdad, police said. The tribal leader was taken to the hospital.


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