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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2215 GMT (6:15 p.m. EDT)on Friday.
* denotes new or updated item.
* SOUTH OF BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died from wounds sustained from "indirect fire", a term usually used to describe rocket or mortar fire, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Five people were wounded in clashes between Mehdi Army fighters and U.S. and Iraqi security forces in the Hay al-Amil area of southwestern Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed six insurgents in a response to an attack on coalition forces in southern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said.
BAGHDAD - Two bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - Coalition forces detained eight suspected militants during operations targeting al-Qaeda members in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.
DOUR - A mortar round landed in a residential area, wounding four children in the town of Dour near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed seven gunmen and arrested 20 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.
MOSUL - Police found one decapitated body on Thursday in southeast Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
MOSUL - A policeman's body was found with gunshot wounds on Thursday, hours after his abduction in southeastern Mosul, police said.
