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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Jan 6
06 Jan 2009 16:02:54 GMT
Source: Reuters
Jan 06 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1600 GMT on Tuesday.

* denotes a new or updated item.

* BAGHDAD - A bomb planted in a parked car killed one civilian and wounded six people, including three soldiers, when it exploded in the Saidiya area of southern Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Four police commandos were killed and two wounded by a roadside bomb on Monday night in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A suicide car bomber wounded five policemen and three civilians, striking their patrol in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb wounded two policemen in the town of Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

SEKHRA - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire and shot dead an off-duty Iraqi soldier on Monday night in the town of Sekhra, near Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen in a speeding car opened fire and seriously wounded an off-duty policeman on Monday night in central Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - The body of a man was found in Baghdad on Monday, police said.
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