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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Jan 6

Tue Jan 6, 2009 11:31am EST

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 11 a.m. EST Tuesday.

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* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb planted in a parked car killed one civilian and wounded six people, including three soldiers, when it exploded in the Saidiya area of southern Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Four police commandos were killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb Monday night in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A suicide car bomber wounded five policemen and three civilians, striking their patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

SEKHRA - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire and shot dead an off-duty Iraqi soldier Monday night in the town of Sekhra, near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire and seriously wounded an off-duty policeman Monday night in central Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found in Baghdad Monday, police said.



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