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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 21
21 Dec 2006 11:42:49 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Dec 21 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1130 GMT on Thursday:

* indicates new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. military patrol wounded a civilian in Adhamiya district in northern Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. military patrol wounded two civilians in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Gunmen killed a man in mosul, police said.

* MOSUL - The body of a man was found shot dead in Mosul on Wednesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb killed two people and wounded two others in Amil district in southwestern Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near the convoy of police Colonel Adnan Mohammed in Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed 12 insurgents and arrested 56 others over the past 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier and a Marine have been killed in action in Iraq's western Anbar province, the U.S. military said in a statement. The military said the soldier died on Tuesday while the Marine was killed on Thursday.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed and three were wounded when a roadside bomb hit a patrol south of Baghdad on Wednesday, the military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber killed at least 10 people and wounded 15 when he blew himself up at a police recruitment centre in eastern Baghdad, police sources said.

NEAR KIRKUK - A suicide car bomber rammed his car into an Iraqi army checkpoint, killing one soldier and wounding four on Wednesday in a town near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a man and his wife on Wednesday in Kirkuk, police said.

RAMADI - Several mortars landed near a police station wounding three women on Wednesday in the restive city of Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

RAMADI - One woman was killed when two rockets hit a police station in Ramadi on Tuesday, the U.S. military said, adding that a man, a woman and a 12-year-old child were also wounded.

TIKRIT - Gunmen killed police Lieutenant Colonel Ahmed Saleh on Wednesday in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


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