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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, July 25

Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:06am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 4 a.m. EDT on Friday.

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MOSUL - A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi police patrol, wounding three policemen in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A sniper killed an Iraqi soldier in western Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police found the body of a civilian in Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces captured four suspected al Qaeda militants and five other suspected Shi'ite militants in separate operations in central and southeastern Baghdad this week, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Iraqi security forces captured 10 suspected al Qaeda militants in Mosul, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary)
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