FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 6
Source: Reuters
Nov 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1330 GMT on Monday. * indicates new or updated item *BAGHDAD - A curfew in Baghdad and other areas to prevent an insurgent backlash against a court ruling that Saddam Hussein should hang will be lifted on Tuesday, the prime minister's office said. Vehicles will be allowed back in the streets at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Pedestrians are free to travel immediately. *BAGHDAD - Mortar shells slammed into Baghdad's western Sunni district of Adhamiya, wounding seven people, police said. TIKRIT - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a helicopter crashed in Salahaddin province north of Baghdad on Monday, the military said. "No activity fire was observed in the area at that time," a U.S. statement said, adding that the crash was under investigation. BAQUBA - Police said the final toll when forces opened fire on pro-Saddam demonstrators in Baquba on Sunday was two dead and six wounded. Hundreds of people defied a curfew to protest after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death. FALLUJA - Two U.S. Marines and one soldier died on Saturday and Sunday from wounds sustained in combat in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.
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