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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, March 16

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Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:29pm EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1:00 p.m. EDT on Monday.

* indicates a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier died from injuries sustained while on patrol in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* MOSUL - A civilian woman was killed and an Iraqi security forces official was wounded on Sunday during a raid by Iraqi and U.S. forces in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb struck a U.S.-backed neighborhood patrol, wounding three people, including one guard, in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A grenade explosion killed a militant and wounded three civilians in the Mansour district of central Baghdad on Sunday evening, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen threw a grenade inside a car on Sunday evening, seriously wounding a doctor in central Kirkuk, 255 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen clashed with Iraqi forces and killed a soldier in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad on Sunday evening, police said.

MOSUL - A bomb attached to a car seriously wounded a civilian in northern Mosul on Sunday evening, police said.

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