FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 6
(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 8:15 p.m. British time on Sunday:
* denotes new or updated item.
* BAGHDAD - Six U.S. soldiers and a civilian journalist were killed when a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
* BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in separate bomb attacks on Sunday, the military said, including one in Baghdad.
* SAMARRA - A suicide car bomber killed 12 police officers and wounded another 11 after detonating himself at a police headquarters in the city of Samarra, the U.S. military said. Two U.S. soldiers were wounded after an ensuing gunbattle. Samarra's police commander was among the killed, deputy governor of Salahaddin, Abdullah Jubara, said.
BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed 35 people and wounded 80 others near a crowded market in Baghdad's Shi'ite neighbourhood of Bayaa, police said.
BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded by a roadside bomb in western Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said on Sunday.
ANBAR PROVINCE - Two U.S. Marines were killed in combat on Saturday in Anbar province in western Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement.
BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it had killed up to 10 militants and destroyed a torture room during a raid in Baghdad's Sadr City that targeted suspected members of a cell known for smuggling sophisticated bombs from Iran. Continued...



