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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, June 10

Tue Jun 10, 2008 1:39pm EDT
June 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1730 GMT on Tuesday:

* denotes new or updated item

* MOSUL - Insurgents shot dead two civilians in eastern Mosul, 390 kms (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

AWJA - The head of Saddam Hussein's tribe was blown up by a bomb planted on his vehicle, police said. His driver was also killed and two of his bodyguards were wounded on a highway near Awja, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad.

TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen threw a hand-grenade at a house, wounding four members of the same family in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi and U.S. forces killed three militants and detained five others in northern Iraq in an operation against al Qaeda militants, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded four people on Saadoun street in central Baghdad, police said.

SUQ AL-SHIYUKH - A roadside bomb struck the convoy of a member of the provincial council in the town of Suq al-Shiyukh, 320 km (200 miles) southeast of Baghdad, wounding four of his guards, police said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay)



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