FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 16

Fri May 16, 2008 8:13am EDT
 
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May 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1100 GMT on Friday:

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded at a bus station in central Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding three others, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb hit an Iraqi army convoy in southeastern Baghdad, wounding two civilians, police said.

NEAR BAIJI - Gunmen abducted the director-general of the Salahuddin hospital and two colleagues on Thursday at a fake checkpoint near Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it killed one gunman and wounded another in eastern Baghdad on Thursday when their vehicle came under attack.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi police found the bodies of three Iraqis in different areas of Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

MAHAWEEL - U.S. and Iraqi security forces detained nine gunmen during a raid on Thursday in Mahaweel town, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - U.S. forces detained 12 suspects on Thursday in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary, Editing by Dean Yates)

 

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