FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, May 18

Sun May 18, 2008 7:53am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1000 GMT on Sunday:

BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded four others on patrol in Zayouna district in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A mortar bomb wounded four people in Iskan district in western Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Five bodies were found in various districts of Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four people were killed and 38 others wounded in clashes between security forces and Shi'ite militiamen in Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two militants who tried to attack them in northwestern Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured three wanted militants and detained a dozen other men during operations in the northern city of Mosul, Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, and Abu Ghraib, on the western outskirts of the capital, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay, editing by Tim Cocks)

 

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