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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 23
23 Nov 2006 15:42:44 GMT
Source: Reuters
•  Iraq in turmoil

Nov 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1530 GMT on Thursday.

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* BAGHDAD - Up to six car bombs killed 133 people in a Shi'ite militia stronghold in Baghdad and a further 201 people were wounded, police said. The blasts were followed by a mortar barrage aimed at a nearby Sunni enclave.

* TIKRIT - Gunmen attacked a police patrol killing one policeman and wounding one in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Gunmen clashed with security forces in central Mosul and two civilians were killed, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed Najim al-Kinani, a former military pilot, in the west central al-Mansour district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAGHDAD - About 30 militants attacked the Iraqi Health Ministry in central Baghdad with mortars and gunfire, an Interior Ministry source and the deputy health minister said. The ministry source said five people were wounded.

BAGHDAD - U.S. troops hunting a kidnapped American soldier opened fire on a minibus, killing four passengers, during a raid on Baghdad's Sadr City district, police and witnesses said. The U.S. military said the vehicle had ignored signals and warning shots from U.S. soldiers as they raided a house and seized five suspects. He had no casualty figures.

ANBAR PROVINCE - Three U.S. marines died on Wednesday from wounds sustained due to enemy action while operating in Al Anbar Province, the U.S. military said on Thursday.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people in al-Nahdha area in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four police commandos in the southwestern Bayaa district of Bagdhad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded two policemen and two civilians in Palestine street in northeast Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAQUBA - Gunmen opened fire at two men selling black market gasoline containers, killing the two of them and one customer in regiously mixed city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


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