FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 24

Mon Mar 24, 2008 5:42pm GMT
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1430 GMT on Monday.

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BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers and wounded one other in southern Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

* MOSUL - A car bomb wounded five civilians as they were passing by the parked vehicle on Monday, Nineveh province police spokesman Brigadier-General Khaled Abdul Sattar said.

* BAGHDAD - Two people were seriously wounded after mortar attacks fell inside the Green Zone on Sunday, while six others sustained minor wounds, a U.S. embassy spokesman said.

BAGHDAD - One policeman was wounded by a roadside bomb in eastern Baghdad's Zayouna district, police said.

QURNA - One police officer was wounded in clashes between Iraqi police and militants on Sunday and Monday in the southern Iraqi town of Qurna, police said.

 

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