FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 31
Source: Reuters
Oct 31 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1300 GMT on Tuesday. Asterisk denotes a new or updated item. *TARMIYA - More than 40 people were missing after gunmen mounted a mass kidnap attack on 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 retrieved from the Tigris river in the town of 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 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, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said. TAL AFAR - Four gunmen and an Iraqi army soldier were killed in clashes in the northern town of Tal Afar, about 420 km (260 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier was on Monday shot dead by insurgents during combat operations in western Baghdad, 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 - 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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