FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq

Thu Jul 9, 2009 8:21pm BST
 
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(Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 5 p.m. British time on Thursday.

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*BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs in northern Baghdad targeting a police patrol near a market killed nine people and wounded 35, including three police officers, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting an army patrol wounded one soldier, in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen fired on a car, wounding a woman and a young man, in a village west of Mosul, police said.

KIRKUK - One civilian was killed and three people, including two police, were wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed an off-duty soldier in Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - One person was killed and five were wounded by a bomb that exploded near a public swimming pool in Amil district in southwestern Baghdad, police said.

TAL AFAR - Two suicide bombers killed 34 people and wounded at least 60 in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, police said.  Continued...

 

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