FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 29

Fri Aug 29, 2008 10:17am EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2:15 p.m. British time on Friday.

TAL AFAR - Policemen killed a would-be suicide bomber who tried to enter a mosque during Friday Prayer in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces arrested eight militants in different areas of Iraq, including a wanted man hiding out in the Hamrin Mountains, eastern Iraq, on Thursday and Friday, the U.S. military said in a statement.

 

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