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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 26
26 Nov 2006 06:26:57 GMT
Source: Reuters

Nov 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0600 GMT on Saturday.

BAGHDAD - Baghdad was under a vehicle curfew for the third day. It was imposed after Thursday's bombings in the Shi'ite stronghold of Sadr City that killed 202 people.

FALLUJA - The U.S. military said a suicide car bomber killed three Iraqi civilians, including two children, and one coalition soldier at a checkpoint in Khaldiya, about 80 km (50 miles) west of Baghdad on Saturday. Nine civilians were wounded.

RAMADI - The U.S. military said it launched air strikes and fired artillery to help a tribe in western Anbar after an attack attack by al Qaeda forces. "Al Qaeda burned homes and killed members of the tribe using small arms fire and mortars," the military said in a statement, adding it had no casualty figures.
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Iraqi government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh (3rd L) speaks during a news conference after a meeting of top government officials in Baghdad, November 26, 2006. Iraqi Prime Minister Buri al- Maliki made an urgent plea on Sunday to the rival sectarian factions in his national unity government to end disputes that he said were behind the bloodshed and crisis of recent days. Iraq's government officials from (L-R) are Vice-President Tareq al-Hashemi, President Jalal Talabani, al-Dabbagh, Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani, Prime Minister Nuri al- Maliki, and Deputy Prime Minister Salam al-Zobaie.