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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 23
23 Jul 2008 13:28:33 GMT
Source: Reuters
July 23 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1315 GMT on Wednesday.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb wounded three policemen when it exploded near their patrol in southeastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles), north of Baghdad, police said.

HASWA - Iraqi security forces arrested scores of suspected Shi'ite militants and confiscated weapons in the town of Haswa, 50 km (30 miles), south of Baghdad, an Iraqi military source said. The town has been under curfew for two days.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a civilian in front of his house in central Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Mortar shells wounded two civilians when they landed on a police station in southeastern Mosul, police said. (Compiled by Khalid al-Ansary)
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