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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 24
24 May 2007 22:53:38 GMT
Source: Reuters
May 24 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 2349 on Thursday:

* denotes new or updated item.

FALLUJA - A suicide car bomb targeting mourners at a funeral killed at least 27 people and wounded more than 30 others in Falluja, 50 km (35 miles) west of Baghdad, hospital and police officials said.

*TIKRIT - A U.S. soldier was shot dead in Diyala Province.

*SALAH AD DIN - One U.S. soldier was killed and another wounded when a roadside bomb hit their vehicle.

HDAD - Gunmen stopped a minibus at a fake checkpoint in a Shi'ite district on Baghdad's northern outskirts on Thursday and killed all 11 passengers, police said. A bomb hidden among the bodies then exploded, killing two civilians and wounding four people, including two policemen.

BAGHDAD - A suicide car bomber killed one soldier and wounded two others at an Iraqi army checkpoint in the Iskan district of western Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest blew up himself inside a minibus, killing one passenger and wounding five in the Shaab district of northern Baghdad, police said.

KHAN BANI SAAD - At least six people were killed when gunmen opened fire on local residents at Nahr al-Bustan, a village near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAQUBA - Police said they had found the bodies of three people who had been shot in Baquba.

BAGHDAD - At least two people were killed and 15 wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a group of day labourers in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City district, police said.

SULAIMAN BEK - Six policemen were killed and six wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in the town of Sulaiman Bek, 250 km north of Baghdad, police said.

ANBAR - Two U.S. soldiers were killed in combat on Wednesday in Anbar Province, the U.S. military said.

NEAR KIRKUK - Saboteurs set an oil well on fire in a town near Kirkuk in northern Iraq, police said.
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U.S. Ambassador to Iraq Ryan Crocker speaks during a news conference in Baghdad May 28, 2007. Washington's top official in Iraq said he told an Iranian delegation that Tehran should stop supporting militias in Iraq but described rare talks between the two foes on Monday as positive.



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