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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 24
24 Sep 2008 21:14:14 GMT
Source: Reuters
Sept 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2100 GMT on Wednesday.

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* BAQUBA - Gunmen killed 35 people, including 27 policemen, in an ambush near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. Eight Sunni local patrol group members were also killed. The U.S. military said initial reports indicated 22 people had been killed in the attack.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car killed an off-duty soldier and wounded six civilians in northeast Baghdad, police said.

SAMARRA - A roadside bomb targeting the commander of Samarra security operations detonated near his convoy in central Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said, adding that six bodyguards were wounded. The commander was unharmed.


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