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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Sun Jan 13, 2008 12:58pm EST

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 12:50 p.m. EST on Sunday.

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* BAGHDAD - A bomb killed one U.S soldier and wounded another four while they were conducting operations in Nineveh province on Saturday, the U.S. military said in statement.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. troops detained 13 suspects on Saturday and Sunday during operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S military said.

* MOSUL - Two bodies were found in different parts of the northern city of Mosul, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Two mortar bombs wounded two people when they landed on a fuel station in Doura district in southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three people in Sadr city in northeastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed a gunman during operations in Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces found two bodies in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a woman when they attacked a house in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - Police said they found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in eastern Mosul on Saturday.

DIYALA PROVINCE - U.S. forces detained 15 insurgents during a four-day operation, January 7 to 10, targeting al Qaeda in Diyala province, the U.S. military said.

DIYALA PROVINCE - U.S. forces destroyed three booby-trapped houses in Diyala province on Friday. On Wednesday, six U.S. soldiers were killed by a booby-trapped house in the province.



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