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FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Thu Jul 2, 2009 5:08am EDT

(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0900 GMT (5 a.m. EDT) on Thursday.

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BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed one soldier and wounded 10 other people, including two soldiers, in Abu Nawas district of central Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen shot dead an army major in a drive-by shooting near his house in the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - One policeman was killed and two wounded by a sticky bomb attached to their vehicle in the city of Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
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