FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 9
Source: Reuters
Feb 9 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1230 on Friday: * Denotes new or updated item * MOSUL - A U.S. air strike killed eight Kurdish Peshmerga militiamen and wounded six others in Mosul, Kurdish officials said, describing the incident as apparent friendly fire. The U.S. military said it killed five armed men during a raid targeting an al Qaeda cell. The men turned out to be Kurdish police, the U.S. military said. TIKRIT - The U.S. military said it killed 10 insurgents who were planting roadside bombs along major roadways north of Baghdad on Feb. 5. BAGHDAD - Three U.S. soldiers died on Thursday of wounds sustained in combat in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - The U.S. military said it had killed eight insurgents in an airstrike that destroyed a building in Arab Jbour near Baghdad after its ground forces came under heavy fire and had to call in for air force support. HILLA - Two people were killed and eight wounded when a roadside bomb exploded in a market in Hazwa, near Hilla, south of Baghdad, police said. ((Baghdad newsroom))
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