FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 2

Sat Aug 2, 2008 12:18pm EDT
 
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Aug 2 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1615 GMT on Saturday.

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MOSUL - Two bodies with gunshot wounds were found in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIFL - A man was shot dead on Friday in the town of Kifl, 150 km (100 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained a dozen militants during operations targeting al Qaeda around Iraq on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

* BAQUBA - Four members of a neighbourhood patrol unit were killed and four others wounded when an improvised bomb exploded east of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay; editing by Mohammed Abbas and Missy Ryan)

 

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