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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 7
07 Sep 2008 12:06:45 GMT
Source: Reuters
Sept 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Sunday.

MOSUL - Three militants were killed on Saturday as they tried to plant explosives in a car in southeastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MUSSAYAB - A dead man was found in the Euphrates river in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen in the Zaafaraniya district of southeastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs wounded eight people, including three policemen, on Palestine street in eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three traffic policemen in the Zayouna district of eastern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 35 suspected militants in the last 24 hours in different areas of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said in a statement.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 10 suspected militants on Sunday in operations targeting al Qaeda in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said in a statement.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay)
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