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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 15

Thu Oct 15, 2009 8:43am EDT
Oct 15 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Thursday.

* denotes a new or updated item



* MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded another officer and three civilians in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded one civilian in eastern Mosul, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed an Iraqi soldier and wounded two others and one civilian in north Baghdad's Adhamiya district, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb wounded four Iraqi policemen in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, a police source said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb wounded a member of the Kurdish security forces on Wednesday in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

RAMADI - An assailant attacked and wounded a local journalist on Wednesday in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.










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