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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 5
05 Jan 2007 07:40:16 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Jan 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0730 GMT on Friday:

DHULUIYA - Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint killing four soldiers and wounding two in the northern part of Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Gunmen killed a former Baath party member and his son inside his house in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - Police said they found three bodies bearing signs of torture and bullet wounds in Iskandariya.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two policemen, including a major who was in serious condition, in the northern oil city of Kirkuk, police said.


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