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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 23
23 Mar 2009 20:35:50 GMT
Source: Reuters
March 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2030 GMT on Monday.

* denotes new or updated item

* JALAWLA - A suicide bomber blew himself up at a Kurdish funeral, killing 25 people and wounding 45 in Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb at a bus terminal killed nine people and wounded 23 on Monday in Abu Ghraib, western Baghdad, police said.

* TAL AFAR - A suicide bomber killed an off-duty policeman and wounded five civilians in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew himself up near a police patrol, seriously wounding four policemen including a lieutenant colonel in western Mosul 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two civilians, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car wounded four people, including an official from immigration and Displacement ministry and a Danish national woman who was with him in his vehicle, police said two other policemen were wounded.


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