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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Tue Nov 11, 2008 9:06am EST

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT Tuesday.

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BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs killed at least three people and wounded 17 in Palestine street in northeastern Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Several mortar bombs killed one person and wounded five others near a police station of the Shaab district in northern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A parked car bomb wounded 17 people in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded six people in Tahrir square in central Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay)



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