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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq

Wed May 2, 2007 2:46am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 7 a.m. British time on Wednesday:

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 15 people were found shot in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

ANBAR PROVINCE - U.S. forces detained 10 suspected insurgents in Anbar province and two others in Baghdad during overnight raids targeting al Qaeda senior leaders and roadside bomb networks.

BAGHDAD - At least three people were killed and 15 wounded when several mortar rounds landed in three different districts in south and southwestern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a person and wounded two others in northern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

UDHAIM - Gunmen killed two employees working in a cell phone company on Tuesday in the town of Udhaim, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.


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