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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 13
13 Jan 2008 08:25:23 GMT
Source: Reuters

Jan 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0730 GMT on Sunday.

BAGHDAD - Iraqi security forces found two bodies in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed a woman when they attacked a house in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Saturday, police said.

MOSUL - Police said they found the body of a man with gunshot wounds in eastern Mosul on Saturday.

DIYALA PROVINCE - U.S. forces detained 15 insurgents during a four-day operation, Jan. 7 to 10, targeting al Qaeda in Diyala province, the U.S. military said. A prison and torture facility was found.

DIYALA PROVINCE - U.S. forces destroyed three booby-trapped houses in Diyala province on Friday. On Wednesday six U.S. soldiers were killed when they entered a booby-trapped house in the province.
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