FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 28

Wed Oct 28, 2009 10:32am EDT
 
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Oct 28 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1430 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a minibus killed three women and wounded four men in eastern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed three civilians and wounded five people including a soldier in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Iraqi security forces backed by U.S. forces killed a suspected al Qaeda member and arrested five others on Tuesday west of Mosul, the U.S. military said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three civilians and a policeman guarding a state-run flour mill in northern Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - A roadside bomb blew up an oil tanker, killing the driver and his assistant, on Tuesday near Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.



 

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