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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 9
09 Aug 2008 20:26:29 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Saturday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* BAGHDAD - One U.S. Soldier was killed and two others wounded when a roadside bomb struck their patrol in Baghdad on Friday, the U.S. military said.

* BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked the manager of the Qadisiya Olympic swimming pool, Sattar Ammer, and his two sons, while they were driving near the Zayouna district of eastern Baghdad, killing one of his sons, police said. He and his other son were wounded in the attack.

* BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

SHIRQAT - Iraqi soldiers killed three people, including a woman, and wounded two others on Friday when they fired at a car speeding towards their checkpoint in Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Militants killed a member of a U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrol and wounded two others when they attacked their checkpoint on Friday in Jurf al-Sakhar, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen shot dead a man on Friday outside his house in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed two militants and detained 14 suspects while targeting al Qaeda networks in central and northern parts of Iraq on Friday and Saturday, the U.S. military said.

(Compiled by Aws Qusay and Wathiq Ibrahim)
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