FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 16
Source: Reuters
Nov 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0900 GMT on Thursday: * indicates new or updated item. * DIYALA PROVINCE - Two U.S. soldiers were killed on Wednesday when their vehicle was hit by a roadside bomb in Diyala province, north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. DIYALA PROVINCE - A U.S. soldier was killed on Wednesday by small arms fire while conducting combat operations in Diyala province, the U.S. military said on Thursday. NEAR YUSUFIYA - U.S. forces killed nine insurgents and detained nine others during a raid just south of Yusufiya, 15 km (9 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was shot dead in Baghdad on Tuesday, the military said. MOSUL - Three insurgents were killed and one wounded on Monday when a roadside bomb they were trying to plant exploded prematurely in Mosul, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire on a bakery in eastern Baghdad in the morning, killing nine people and wounding two, police said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb near a court killed two people and wounded five in northeastern Palestine street in Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. BAGHDAD - A bicycle rigged with explosives near a petrol station killed a man and wounded another in the southwestern al -Amil district of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeted police commandos, killing one and wounding another near the national stadium of al-Shaab in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.
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