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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:25pm EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 4:00 p.m. EDT on Monday:

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HILLA - A bomb killed a U.S. soldier southeast of the city of Hilla on Monday, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Al Qaeda insurgents simultaneously detonated four bombs targeting houses and vehicles belonging to members of the Iraqi security forces in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, U.S. forces said. An Iraqi policeman was killed and four people were hurt, including a policeman's child.

MOSUL - Iraqi security forces killed two wanted students who resisted arrest at Mosul University campus, police said.

BUHRIZ - A roadside bomb exploded at a checkpoint, killing three members of the U.S.-backed neighborhood police and wounding another at Buhriz, 60 km (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a civilian and wounded eight people, including four Iraqi soldiers, when it blew up near their patrol in northern Baghdad's Adhamiya district, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay)



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