FACTBOX - Security developments in Iraq

Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:33pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 4 p.m. British time on Monday:

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* SAMARRA - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb during an attack on his patrol near Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed by a roadside bomb in Baghdad on Sunday, the U.S. military said.

* HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a civilian in a drive-by shooting in Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - At least 10 people, including three policemen, were killed and 38 wounded when two car bombs exploded almost simultaneously in different areas of Baghdad's central Karrada district, police said. Up to 20 cars were set ablaze.

BAGHDAD - Four people died and six others were wounded when a car bomb exploded at lunchtime outside Seerwan, Baghdad's most popular kebab restaurant, in a district next to the heavily fortified Green Zone.

BAGHDAD - Three people were killed, including two policemen, and five others were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in al-Wathiq square in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb planted inside a minibus killed one person and wounded seven others in central Baghdad, police said.  Continued...

 
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