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FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq, March 14

Sat Mar 14, 2009 9:33am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Saturday.

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MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead an off-duty policewoman in a market in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A Katyusha rocket hit a storage unit in an oil refinery in Baghdad's southern Doura district, police said, causing a fire. Local guards managed to put it out.

BAQUBA - U.S.-backed Iraqi forces arrested 15 suspected militants in a new security crackdown in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said. The operation will continues throughout northeastern Diyala province, an area where al Qaeda still retains influence, they said.
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