FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 15
Source: Reuters
Aug 15 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1100 GMT on Friday. * denotes new or updated item * NEAR FALLUJA - One U.S. marine was killed by small arms-fire on Thursday just east of Fallujah, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. * BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded six people, including three Iraqi soldiers conducting a foot patrol, in the Mansour district of western Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - One religious pilgrim was killed and nine others were wounded when a roadside bomb struck a minibus near the New Baghdad district of eastern Baghdad, police said. The vehicle carried Shi'ite pilgrims bound for the southern city of Kerbala in an annual pilgrimage. NEAR TIKRIT - Iraqi police killed 12 militants, including two foreign fighters, in raids on Thursday near Tikrit, 150 km (95 miles) north of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said. MOSUL - A parked car bomb killed one Iraqi soldier when it exploded on Thursday in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Two people were wounded when a mortar bomb landed in the Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police said. (Compiled by Aws Qusay; editing by Missy Ryan)
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