FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 8
Source: Reuters
Nov 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 0745 GMT on Wednesday: NEAR MUQDADIYA - U.S. forces killed 10 al-Qaeda operatives associated with foreign fighter organisations near Muqdadiya, 90 km (50 miles) northeast of Baghdad, and rescued a kidnapped Iraqi policeman, the U.S. military said in a statement. BAGHDAD - U.S. forces killed four suspected insurgents and detained 48 more on Tuesday during a raid on an al-Qaeda meeting place in Ramadi, 110 km (68 miles) west of Baghdad, the U.S. military said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb killed a man and wounded six others in northern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. BAGHDAD - A mortar round landed in the northern al-Qahira district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb targeted police commandos and wounded four of them in the eastern Baladiyat district of Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said. BAGHDAD - Two mortar rounds landed near al-Amin square in central Baghdad and wounded eight people, an Interior Ministry source said. BAGHDAD - Two mortar rounds landed near the Ministry of Health in central Baghdad and killed three and wounded eight others, an interior ministry source said. ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb near a house killed two people on Tuesday night in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said. SAMAWA - Gunmen killed a police lieutenant colonel on Tuesday in front of his house in Samawa, 270 km (168 miles) south of Baghdad, a medical source said.
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