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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 20
20 Aug 2008 20:57:24 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1330 GMT on Wednesday.

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* TUZKHURMATO - Gunmen killed a civilian and wounded two others when they opened fire on a group of young men playing football in Tuzkhurmato, 170 km (100 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Police said they found three bodies in Baghdad.

* ABU ALAPA - U.S. forces killed a suspected militant and detained five others in Abu Alapa village, about 35 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and four others wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen in a car killed a government employee in a drive-by shooting in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Police found two bodies, including a woman's, bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds south of Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.


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