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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 11
11 Jan 2008 20:15:32 GMT
Source: Reuters

Jan 11 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Friday.

* indicates new or updated item

* BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomb blew up outside a bakery in New Baghdad district in eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding eight others, police said.

* BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found dumped across Baghdad on Friday, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - A roadside bomb wounded three policemen when it hit their patrol in Mahmudiya, 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed nine gunmen and arrested 59 others during the past 24 hours across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two gunmen and detained 11 others during operations on Thursday and Friday in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. (Editing by Robert Woodward)
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