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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 29 Feb 2008

Feb 29 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Friday.

* denotes new or updated items.

* MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed a man and his son in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, Iraqi military spokesman Brigadier-General Khalid Abdul-Sattar said.

MOSUL - Two bodies were found with gunshot wounds on Thursday in eastern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces captured a suspected senior leader of an Iranian-backed militia group in northern Baghdad on Wednesday, the U.S. military said.