FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 31
Source: Reuters
Oct 31 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 2000 GMT on Tuesday. Asterisk denotes a new or updated item. *NAJAF - Sixty gunmen of the Mehdi Army militia loyal to Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr will be disciplined by an internal court for "wrongdoings", an aide said. Another aide, Abdul Razzak al-Nidway, said gunmen responsible for carrying out killings and forcing people to leave homes will be disciplined. FALLUJA - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and one civilian in the western city of Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. Two civilians were also wounded. TAL AFAR - Four "terrorists" and one Iraqi army lieutenant were killed during a raid on a building used by militants in the northern town of Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) north of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb ripped through a wedding procession in the northeastern district of Ur in Baghdad, killing 15 people, including four children, Interior Ministry and police said. TARMIYA - More than 40 people were missing after gunmen ambushed minibuses travelling to Baghdad near Tarmiya, 30 km (20 miles), north of the capital, a spokesman for the Joint Coordination Center for Iraqi and U.S. forces in the northern city of Tikrit said. NEAR SUWAYRA - The bodies of five gunmen were found in an orchard which was the scene of clashes between gunmen and the police several days ago near the town of Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. SUWAYRA - The bodies of three people were recovered from the Tigris river in Suwayra, police said. BAQUBA - The bodies of eight people were found, bound and gagged, in Baquba, police said. All the victims were shot in the head. BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol killed a policeman and wounded three others near the southern Doura district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. BAQUBA - Clashes between gunmen and police left a policeman dead and three others wounded in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAQUBA - Gunmen suspected of belonging to a militia run by Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, shot and wounded the owners of two shops in Baquba, police said. FALLUJA - An Iraqi army soldier died in clashes with gunmen in the Sunni city of Falluja, police said. TAL AFAR - Four gunmen and an Iraqi army soldier were killed in clashes in the northern town of Tal Afar, police said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was shot dead by insurgents during combat operations in western Baghdad on Monday, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was killed on Monday when his vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed three civilians and wounded 10 others in northeastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. OTHER DEVELOPMENTS BAGHDAD - A Kurdish man told a court trying Saddam Hussein for genocide he saw Iraqi soldiers marching Kurdish prisoners from a bus and killing them before dumping their bodies in a ditch. The judge later adjourned proceedings until Nov. 7. BAGHDAD - Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki ordered all joint U.S. and Iraqi checkpoints in Baghdad's Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City and other parts of the capital to be lifted as of 5 p.m. (1400 GMT) on Tuesday.
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