FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 20

Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:45am EDT
 
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July 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded three others in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a car killed the driver of the vehicle in northern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed one person in a drive-by shooting on Saturday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded five people including two policemen when it blew up near their patrol in Waziriya district in northern Baghdad, police said.

RAMADI - Police killed a suicide bomber as he tried to detonate his explosives vest in a police station in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 15 militants on Sunday during operations in central and northern Iraq targeting al Qaeda leaders, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay)

 

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