FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Jan 9

Fri Jan 9, 2009 12:14pm EST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 12 p.m. EST on Friday.

BAIJI - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed five Iraqi soldiers on Friday in the northern town of Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed a civilian and wounded another six when it exploded in the east Baghdad district of Kamaliya, police said.

BASRA - Three rockets wounded four people including two policemen when they landed in central Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

 

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