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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Dec 14
14 Dec 2007 19:22:51 GMT
Source: Reuters

Dec 14 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1920 GMT on Friday.

* denotes new or updated entries

* BAGHDAD - Coalition forces killed three "terrorists" and detained 12 suspects during operations targeting al Qaeda networks in central Iraq, the U.S. military said.

* KIRKUK - Gunmen posing as Iraqi army soldiers killed one civilian in a drive-by shooting near the city of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, an Iraqi military source said.

* ANBAR PROVINCE - Six Iraqi policemen were wounded when a suicide car bomber targeted a police station in the western province of Anbar near the border with Syria, police said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier died of wounds suffered during a roadside bomb attack south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

BAGHDAD - Two dead bodies were found in western Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - One U.S. soldier was killed during a small-arms fire attack in southern Baghdad on Thursday, the U.S. military said. (Baghdad newsroom, editing by Alaa Shahine)
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