FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 20
Source: Reuters
March 20 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1600 GMT on Tuesday: * indicates new or updated item. * NEAR FALLUJA - Police and tribal fighters killed 39 gunmen linked to al-Qaeda in the town of Amiriya about 5 km (3 miles) south of Falluja, said Ahmed al-Dulaimi, director of the Ramadi governor's office. He said nine tribal fighters and eight policemen were killed and 17 wounded in the clashes. Doctor Abdul Sattar al-Esawi said Falluja hospital received 17 bodies, including eight policemen and 16 wounded, three in serious condition. * BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and one wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle in southern Baghdad, the U.S. military said in a statement. * BAGHDAD - A car bomb near a mosque killed a man and wounded three others in al-Ubaidi district in eastern Baghdad, police said. * BAGHDAD - Four mortar bombs killed at least seven people and wounded 20 in Abu Dsheer, a mostly Shi'ite area in southern Baghdad, police said. * NEAR KIRKUK - Gunmen killed a policeman on a main road near the northern city of Kirkuk, police said. * KIRKUK - Police said they found the body of a policeman, stabbed with a knife and bore signs of torture, in Kirkuk. BAGHDAD - U.S.-led forces conducted a raid in the Hurriya district of northwest Baghdad, detaining three people, the U.S. military said, adding that three suspected insurgents were killed by small arms fire. BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed three people and wounded seven near a bridge in Karrada district in central Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed three insurgents and detained 101 others during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence Ministry said. FALLUJA - Police found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in the Sunni stronghold of Falluja, 50 km west of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained nine suspected insurgents during raids in Mosul and Baghdad targeting al-Qaeda militants, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - Police said they found the bodies of 30 people shot on Monday in different districts of Baghdad. BAGHDAD - A car bomb near a police station killed at least five people and wounded 17 in central Baghdad, police said. Another police source said six people were killed and 21 wounded. AL-ZAB - Gunmen killed a man and wounded another in the town of al-Zab, 70 km southwest of Kirkuk, police said. BAGHDAD - Mortar rounds wounded five people on Monday just north of Baghdad, police said. They said mortars in southeastern Baghdad wounded another four. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS BAGHDAD - Saddam Hussein's former vice president Taha Yassin Ramadan was hanged for crimes against humanity, the third top aide to be executed since the toppled president was put to death in December. BASRA - The British military handed over a base they were occupying in the southern city of Basra to the Iraqi army.
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