FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq

Sat Nov 3, 2007 9:41am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Saturday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen wounded three Iranian Shi'ite pilgrims in the Kadhimiya district of northwestern Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. soldiers killed five gunmen and arrested 10 others during operations in central and northern Iraq on Friday and Saturday, the U.S. military said.

BASRA - A roadside bomb targeted a convoy carrying the heads of the Iraqi army and police in southern Iraq. Both men were unhurt, but two guards were wounded, the police chief said.

KUT - Gunmen wounded the head of Wasit University and three of his guards in central Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - One female U.S. soldier was killed on Thursday when a roadside bomb exploded near a patrol south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Two bodies were found in different parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed an employee of the Sunni Endowment, a body that manages Sunni religious sites in Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a man and wounded three police commandos when it targeted their patrol in southeastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

KHALIS - A roadside bomb killed one man and wounded 10 others outside a mosque in Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, on Friday, police said.

MAHAWEEL - A roadside bomb blew up near a police patrol, killing one policeman and wounding another one in Mahaweel, 75 km (45 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - Police arrested gunmen who killed a policeman in central Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday, police said.

 

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