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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Oct 16
16 Oct 2009 16:29:43 GMT
Source: Reuters
Oct 16 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1620 GMT on Friday.

* denotes a new or updated item

* TAL AFAR - A suicide bomber killed at least 15 people and wounded 90 in Tal Afar, 420 km (260 miles) northwest of Baghdad, security officials said. [ID:nLG241887]

MOSUL - A suicide car bomber killed an Iraqi soldier at an army checkpoint on a road west of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi police patrol killed one policeman and wounded four others on Thursday just east of Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - Police opened fire on an ambulance, killing one civilian inside and wounding two others including a paramedic on Thursday in western Mosul, police said.
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