FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 4

Sat Jul 4, 2009 8:44am EDT
 
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July 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Saturday.

HAWIJA - Iraqi army forces arrested a man suspected of being behind two vehicle bombs in the northern city of Kirkuk that killed more than 100 people between them, the Iraqi army said. He was seized in Hawija, 210 km (130 miles) north of Baghdad.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed off duty policeman in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed off duty Peshmerga soldier in northern Kirkuk, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a man as he left a mosque in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting Iraqi police patrol wounded one civilian in central Mosul, police said.












 

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