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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 25

Fri Apr 25, 2008 3:40am EDT
April 25 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0830 GMT on Friday.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed 3 militants trying to plant a roadside bomb in Baghdad's Sadr City early Friday morning.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed two gunmen and detained 18 suspects during operations targeting al-Qaeda in central Iraq on Wednesday.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in Adhamiya neighbourhood, northern Baghdad, on Thursday night, wounding three people, police said.

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

MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed two members of U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrols in southern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Iraqi police found two bodies in Mosul, one of them mutilated, on Thursday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a policeman in western Mosul, police said.


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