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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Feb 6
06 Feb 2007 13:59:52 GMT
Source: Reuters

Feb 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1300 GMT on Tuesday:

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*BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in the Mashtal district in eastern Baghdad, killing two people and wounding eight, police said.

*BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in the southern Doura district of Baghdad, wounding four people, police said.

*BAGHDAD - Two policemen were wounded in a clash with gunmen in the upscale Mansour western district of Baghdad, police said.

*TIKRIT - The spokesman for the governor of Tikrit was arrested, along with his brother, a police colonel, when U.S. forces raided their house in the town of Alam near Tikrit 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the U.S-Iraqi joint coordination centre and provincial officials in Tikrit said.

*BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in Baghdad's southwestern district of Bayaa, wounding five people, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a woman government employee in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen in Iraqi army uniforms kidnapped a senior Iranian diplomat in Baghdad on Sunday, Iraqi government and Iranian officials said on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen in four cars kidnapped 11 people from one house in the Shi'ite district of Sadr city overnight, police sources said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded in the Zaafaraniya district, wounding two civilians, police said.

MOSUL - Police clashed with gunmen in eastern Mosul. One policeman was killed and three wounded, police said.

BAGHDAD - Police said they retrieved the bodies of 25 people from various parts of Baghdad with gunshot wounds and signs of torture over the past 24 hours.

KIRKUK - Two bombs detonated in quick succession in southern Kirkuk on Monday evening, wounding eight people, police said.
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U.S. soldiers practice marching before the hand over ceremony for the new U.S. commander in Iraq at U.S. military Camp Victory in Baghdad, February 10, 2007. New U.S. military commander in Iraq General David Petraeus said on Saturday that American and Iraqi security forces had to stabilise the country or it would be doomed to more sectarian violence.