FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

Wed Oct 3, 2007 9:02pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 9 p.m. British time on Wednesday.

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BAGHDAD - Poland's ambassador to Iraq was wounded in a bomb attack on his diplomatic convoy in Baghdad, which killed a bodyguard and a passerby, officials said.

BAQUBA - Three people were killed, including a girl student, during clashes between police and gunmen in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD - A car bomb in central Baghdad killed two people and wounded five.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. Apache helicopters fired at a vehicle carrying five suspected insurgent bombers, killing all five, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - Police said a roadside bomb targeted a U.S. patrol just outside the Green Zone in central Baghdad. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

* BAQUBA - A mortar attack in Baquba killed three people and wounded 10, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Six bodies were found across Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.   Continued...

 
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