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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 1

Fri Feb 1, 2008 8:08am EST
Feb 1 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Friday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - Forty-five people were killed 82 others wounded when a female suicide bomber blew herself up in Ghazil pet market in central Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb blast killed 27 people and wounded 67 others near a bird market in New Baghdad district, in eastern Baghdad, police said.

* TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier was killed by indirect fire in Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said without giving further details. Another soldier was wounded in the attack.

* KUT - Gunmen killed two policemen and wounded four civilians when they stormed a bus terminal and opened fire in Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

SAMARRA - A sniper killed one Iraqi soldier while on patrol in central Samarra, 100 km (68 miles) north of Baghdad, an Iraqi army source said.

MOSUL - U.S. forces arrested seven gunmen during operations in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.


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