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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Thu May 29, 2008 10:39am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 7 a.m. EDT on Thursday:

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SINJAR - A suicide bomber wearing a military uniform detonated his explosive belt among police recruits and killed 14 of them and two policemen in the town of Sinjar, 390 km (240 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police and military sources said. Fifteen recruits and policemen were wounded.

MOSUL - A suicide bomber driving a police vehicle killed two policemen in an elite force and wounded eight people, including two policemen, in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Three people were wounded, including two policemen, when a roadside bomb targeting a police patrol exploded in eastern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen threw a hand grenade at a minibus, wounding six people in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of eight men were found in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said. Four of them were found in the al-Obaidi district in eastern Baghdad.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami)



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