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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 13
13 Mar 2007 07:28:53 GMT
Source: Reuters

March 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0700 GMT on Tuesday:

BAGHDAD - A total of 15 bodies with gunshot wounds were found on Monday in different districts of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen opened fire at a police vehicle killing three policemen and wounding two in Zayuna district in eastern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A total of 13 bodies with gunshot wounds were found during the last 48 hours in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed one person and wounded two people in northern Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen opened fire at a police patrol killing one policeman and wounding three in the northern city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Police arrested Ahmed Faraj and Ali Jassim, leaders in the 20th Revolutionary Brigades insurgent group, in Abu Ghraib district in the western outskirts of Baghdad, Brigadier Abdul-Kareem Khalaf, Interior Ministry spokesman, told Reuters.

NEAR KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed four firefighters on Monday when it exploded near their vehicle in a town near Kirkuk, police said.
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Members from the anti-war group CODEPINK protest against the supplement bill funding the Iraq war during a demonstration in front of the Rayburn House building on Capitol Hill in Washington March 15, 2007.