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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 5
05 Jan 2009 12:53:07 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 05 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Monday.

* denotes new or updated item

* MOSUL - A car bomb wounded two Iraqi soldiers and four civilians when it struck an Iraqi army patrol in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Gunmen, one wearing a medical uniform, shot and seriously wounded a medical student at the hospital where he works in Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed three policemen and wounded six people, including three policemen, when it targeted a police patrol near central Baghdad's National al-Sha'ab stadium, police said.

BAGHDAD - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession, wounding eight people, in central Baghdad's Karrada district, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four people were wounded by a roadside bomb in al-Nidhal Street, central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb wounded five people in the Abu Dsheer district of southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.
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General Raymond Odierno (L), the top U.S. military commander in Iraq, and U.S. Embassy Deputy Chief of Mission Patricia A. Butenis attend a meeting between Iraqi and U.S. officials to discuss ...



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