Nov 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1430 GMT on Friday.

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BAGHDAD - One person was killed and four wounded when two roadside bombs exploded simultaneously in the Nahdha neighbourhood of central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - More than 750 U.S. and Iraqi soldiers launched a pre-dawn assault on al-Owesap and al-Betra, two Sunni Arab villages southwest of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. The operation targeted al Qaeda fighters in the area, including some linked to the kidnapping six months ago of two missing U.S. soldiers.

* BAGHDAD - U.S. military officials killed two militants in an operation southeast of Baghdad, including one wearing a vest loaded with grenades, and captured four more, including an individual suspected of planning attacks on U.S. aircraft, the military said in a statement.

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