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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 9
09 Dec 2009 18:18:15 GMT
Source: Reuters
Dec 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1800 GMT on Wednesday.

* Denotes a new or updated item

* MAHMUDIYE - A bomb planted on a minibus killed three people and wounded eight in the town of Mahmudiye, 30 kilometres (20 miles) south of Baghdad, according to police.

* MOSUL - Police said they found the bullet-ridden corpses of two Christian men in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of the capital.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded seven others in Baghdad's northern district of Adhamiya, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed two people and wounded 11 others in north Baghdad, police reported.

(Compiled by the Baghdad newsroom)
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U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates (L) walks with U.S. Army Lt. General Kenneth Hunzeker after arriving at Baghdad International Airport December 10, 2009. Secretary Gates is in Iraq following a ...



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