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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 16

Fri May 16, 2008 9:15am EDT
May 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1315 GMT on Friday:

* FALLUJA - A suicide car bomb killed four policemen and wounded nine other people in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. Police beat up a Reuters cameraman and a photographer when they tried to film the aftermath of the bombing. The photographer had to be treated in hospital.

* MOSUL - Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki offered an amnesty from prosecution and cash rewards to gunmen in the northern Iraqi province of Nineveh if they give up their weapons within 10 days. The U.S. military says Mosul, the capital of Nineveh, is the last major urban stronghold of al Qaeda in Iraq.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded at a bus station in central Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding three others, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi army convoy in southeastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians, police said.

NEAR BAIJI - Gunmen abducted the director-general of the Salahuddin hospital and two colleagues on Thursday at a fake checkpoint near Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed one gunman and wounded another in eastern Baghdad on Thursday when their vehicle came under attack.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police found the bodies of three Iraqis in different areas of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

MAHAWEEL - U.S. and Iraqi security forces detained nine gunmen during a raid on Thursday in Mahaweel town, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - U.S. forces detained 12 suspects on Thursday in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary, Editing by Dean Yates)



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