FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 4
Source: Reuters
Aug 4 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2000 GMT on Saturday: * denotes a new or updated item. SAMARRA - U.S. forces killed Haitham al-Badri, the al Qaeda leader in Salahuddin province, on Thursday. Badri was accused of masterminding the June 2007 bombing that destroyed the twin minarets of the revered Shi'ite Golden Mosque in Samarra. * BAGHDAD - Twenty-one bodies were found dumped around Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said. * BAGHDAD - One person was killed and another wounded by a mortar attack in the Abu Ghraib district of western Baghdad, police said. * BAGHDAD - Two people were killed and four wounded by a mortar attack in Jisr Diyala neighbourhood in southeastern Baghdad, police said. * BAGHDAD - Gunmen killed a doctor in a drive-by shooting in the Jamiaa district in western Baghdad, police said. * TIKRIT - Three Iraqi soldiers died in fighting with insurgents in the Jibila district east of Tikrit, an Iraqi military intelligence officer said. BASRA - A large fire broke out in Basra where British forces said they had struck a disused oil installation, returning fire after insurgents launched rockets or mortar rounds at an Iraqi security forces headquarters. A British military spokesman said there were no British or Iraqi military casualties. BAGHDAD - Three people were wounded when two mortar bombs hit al-Firdous square in central Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A mortar bomb wounded one person in al-Salhiya district in central Baghdad, police said. ANBAR - A U.S. Marine died in combat in western Anbar province on Thursday, the U.S. military said. KIRKUK - Gunmen killed one Iraqi police officer in front of his house in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Friday, police said. AL-RASHAD - A roadside bomb wounded one policeman in the town of al-Rashad south of Kirkuk, police said. HASWA - Gunmen killed one person in a drive-by shooting in Haswa, 50 km (30 miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday, police said. JBELA - One Iraqi soldier and another person were wounded in clashes between armed groups in Jbela, 65 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, on Friday, police said. HAWIJA - Gunmen wounded an Iraqi soldier in a drive-by shooting in Hawija, 70 km (45 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said. KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded three people in Kirkuk, police said.
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