FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 16
Source: Reuters
Nov 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1000 GMT on Thursday: * indicates new or updated item. * BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded three others in al-Shorja area in central Baghdad, police said. * BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded four in the northern al-Qahira district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. * BAGHDAD - Gunmen attacked the convoy of the Governor of Mosul, Duraid Kashmula, and killed one of his guards and wounded four others in Mosul, police said. The governor was not in the convoy. 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 during 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, 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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