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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 21

Fri Mar 21, 2008 4:04am EDT
March 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0800 GMT on Friday.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed seven gunmen and arrested 20 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Wednesday and Thursday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

MOSUL - Police found one decapitated body on Thursday in southeast Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A policeman's body was found with gunshot wounds on Thursday, hours after his abduction in southeastern Mosul, police said.



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