FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Feb 6

Wed Feb 6, 2008 12:43pm EST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* KIFRI - U.S. forces killed seven al Qaeda militants and detained 11 other suspects during operations southwest of Kifri near Tuz Khurmato, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Two neighborhood policemen were killed after confronting a militant wearing a suicide bomb vest outside a photography shop northwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

* MOSUL - Two people were wounded when mortar rounds hit residential areas in southern and northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOUSL - Three civilians were wounded by a roadside bomb attack in eastern Mosul, police said. In a separate incident, two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded by their vehicle in northern Mosul.

MUQDADIYA - Five headless bodies were found in a village near the town of Muqdadiya, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.

BAQUBA - Three headless bodies were found near the city of Baquba, 65 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.  Continued...

 

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