FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Jan 13

Tue Jan 13, 2009 11:30am EST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 11:15 a.m. EST on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found in Doura district, southern Baghdad, on Monday, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed a policeman when it struck his police patrol on Monday in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen opened fire on and wounded an off-duty policeman in Mosul on Monday, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces seized nine suspected militants in different parts of Iraq on January 10 and 11, the U.S. military said.

 

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