FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 14
Source: Reuters
May 14 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2200 GMT on Monday: * Denotes new or updated item. *ANBAR - A U.S. Marine was killed in combat in Anbar province, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. airman was killed and three others were wounded by a roadside bomb in southern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed and four others were wounded by a roadside bomb in northern Baghdad, the U.S. military said. MOSUL - Five bodies were found in different areas of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, in the past 24 hours, a hospital source said. BAGHDAD - The bodies of 18 people were found around Baghdad in the past 24 hours, police said. NEAR TIKRIT - Gunmen abducted nine people working for the Baiji oil refinery near Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - Two U.S. soldiers were killed and another four wounded when their patrol came under small arms fire southeast of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. NEAR BASRA - One Danish soldier was killed in an ambush north of Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, the Danish military said. The patrol was hit by a roadside bomb and small arms fire. Five other soldiers and an interpreter were wounded. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of non-combat causes, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed one person and wounded 13, including four policemen, in Zaafaraniya district of southern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb in a parking lot killed one person and wounded four others in the central Karrada district of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed one person and wounded three others in Palestine Street in northeastern Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - The bodies of 22 people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Sunday, police said. BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded four others at a major intersection in western Baghdad, police said. MOSUL - The bodies of six people, including a policeman, were found shot in different districts of the northern city of Mosul on Sunday, police said. MOSUL - Gunmen killed two former members of Saddam Hussein's Baath Party in Mosul on Sunday, police said.
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