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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 14
14 Sep 2007 09:50:42 GMT
Source: Reuters
Sept 14 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0930 GMT on Friday.

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* YUSUFIYA - U.S. forces killed four gunmen and arrested five suspects in Yusufiya, 15 km (10 miles) south of Baghdad, in a raid on a network suspected of facilitating the movement of foreign insurgents in the area south of the capital, the U.S. military said.

* TARMIYAH - U.S. forces killed a gunman during a raid in Tarmiyah, 30 km (20 miles) north of Baghdad.

* HILLA - Gunmen clashed with house guards of a senior army officer in central Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, killing one guard and wounding another, police said.

* HAWIJA - Gunmen killed one woman and wounded her daughter in a drive-by shooting near Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of the northern city of Kirkuk, police said.

* BALAD - The bodies of a police officer and a local judge were found in Balad 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Eleven bodies were found throughout Baghdad on Thursday, police said.

MOSUL - The body of a former Iraqi Army major-general was found on Thursday in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, after he was abducted by gunmen on Monday, police said.

FALLUJA - One policeman was killed on Thursday and two others wounded by a roadside bomb targeting their vehicle in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - Iraqi and Coalition Forces killed three insurgents, one believed to be the leader of the Islamic State in Karmah, in a raid on a mosque on Thursday, the U.S. military said. After the raid the suspects fled the mosque and engaged the U.S forces, wounding three U.S. soldiers.
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Mirembe Nantongo (R), spokesperson for the U.S. Embassy in Iraq, listens to a question as she and Major-General Kevin Bergner, spokesman for Multi-National Force-Iraq, hold a news conference in Baghdad September 19, 2007.



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