FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 27
Source: Reuters
Oct 27 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 2130 GMT on Friday. Asterisk denotes a new or updated item. *BAGHDAD - Iraqi and U.S. forces entered an office of radical Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in Baghdad's eastern Rusafa district on Friday during a hunt for a kidnapped U.S. soldier, the U.S. military said. Three suspects were detained. TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier from the 1st Cavalry Division was wounded in Diyala province, northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday and later died, the military said in a statement. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces moved into parts of the sprawling Shi'ite slum district of Sadr City in Baghdad, hunting for a U.S. soldier of Iraqi descent who was kidnapped on Monday, a U.S. military spokesman said. MOSUL - Authorities imposed a vehicle ban in the northern city of Mosul after the bodies of 12 people, including four police officers, were found over the previous 24 hours, police said. RAMADI - Gunmen attacked three U.S. military positions in the western city of Ramadi with rocket-propelled grenades, mortar rounds and machinegun fire, police said. A Reuters reporter said U.S. helicopters flew over Ramadi and U.S. forces had sealed off entrances to the city. The U.S. military did not immediately respond to a query on the reports. MUSSAYAB - A woman was killed when two mortar rounds slammed into the house of a Sunni Arab member of parliament, Abdul Nasir al-Janabi, in the town of Mussayab 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
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