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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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U.S. Army Captain Michael Kelvington, commander of the Battle company, 1-508 Parachute Infantry battalion, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division, bows next to remains of Gulam Dostager, a member of Afghan Local Police who was killed in the blast of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) during the joint Tor Janda (Black Flag in Pashtu) operation, in Zahri district of Kandahar province, southern Afghanistan May 25, 2012. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov (AFGHANISTAN - Tags: MILITARY CIVIL UNREST CONFLICT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Dec 18

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Thu Dec 18, 2008 11:36am EST

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1630 GMT on Thursday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* MOSUL - Iraqi soldiers killed three gunmen in clashes in eastern Mosul, police said.

* MOSUL - An off-duty policeman was wounded during a shoot-out with a gunman, police said. The gunman was killed.

* MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty traffic cop in western Mosul, police said.

KIRKUK - Police reported the discovery of the slain body of Jelawish Hussein, a member of the Communist party in Kirkuk, who was stabbed in her home. Kirkuk is 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad.

BAQUBA - Six civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near an army patrol in the city of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
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