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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 5
05 Aug 2009 12:04:04 GMT
Source: Reuters
Aug 5 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Wednesday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* MOSUL - Clashes between gunmen and police killed a police officer and two attackers, and wounded three other gunmen and a civilian in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* RAMADI - A bomb in a parked car killed a woman and wounded two policemen and a civilian when it struck a police patrol in central Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed five police officers and wounded five other policemen when it struck their patrol in Baghdad's southern district of Doura late on Tuesday, police said, adding that five civilians were also wounded in the attack.
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