FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 24
Source: Reuters
Oct 24 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1720 GMT on Tuesday: Asterisk denotes a new or updated item. * BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier missing on Monday was kidnapped by gunmen while visiting a relative's house in Baghdad outside the fortified Green Zone compound, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. FALLUJA - A sailor attached to the U.S. Marines in Anbar Province in western Iraq was killed by enemy action on Monday, the military said. The force in Falluja includes Navy medics. BAGHDAD - A carbomb killed two people and wounded 11 in the Hurriya district of northwestern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died on Tuesday from wounds when his patrol was hit by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, the military said. FALLUJA - U.S. troops pulled over a fire truck and killed four Iraqi firefighters in a case of mistaken identity on Monday after a report that a fire truck had been hijacked in western Falluja, the military said. The firefighters, who U.S. troops first believed were armed insurgents, were responding to a call. BAGHDAD - Clashes erupted between gunmen and police in Baghdad's southern Zaafaraniya district, killing two civilians and wounding eight others, police and an Interior Ministry source said. BAGHDAD - A bomb inside an ice-cream shop killed one person and wounded seven others in Baghdad's central Sadriya district, an Interior Ministry source said. KIRKUK - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession in the northern oil city of Kirkuk. The first targeted the police deputy chief and wounded one of his security guards. The second exploded near a police station, wounding two policemen and two civilians, police said. ANBAR PROVINCE - Two U.S. Marines were killed on Monday due to enemy action in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed two soldiers and wounded another one in central Kirkuk, police said. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS BAGHDAD - Iraq's government has agreed to a timeline of steps to ease violence, U.S. officials said on Tuesday. U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad said the security and economic benchmarks included changes to the constitution, disbanding militias and a new oil law. He believed there would be "significant progress in the coming 12 months".
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