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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 25

Sun Oct 25, 2009 12:29pm EDT
Oct 25 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1600 GMT on Sunday.

* denotes a new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - Two car bombs killed at least 132 people and wounded hundreds in Baghdad, police and health officials said.

MOSUL - A sniper killed an Iraqi army officer in western Mosul on Saturday, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen attacked an Iraqi army checkpoint and killed one soldier in western Mosul on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - Armed men killed one person in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul on Saturday, police said.



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