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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 03 Sep 2007

Sept 3 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1100 GMT on Monday.

* denotes new or updated item.

* DUJAIL - A boy was killed and three of his brothers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their house in the town of Dujail, 90 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, the Joint Iraqi-U.S. Coordination Centre said.

* DUJAIL - Clashes erupted between al Qaeda militants and residents of a Shi'ite village near the town of Dujail, leaving one militant dead and four others wounded, the Joint Iraqi-U.S. Coordination Centre said.

NEAR RAMADI - A suicide car bomber targeting a police checkpoint killed two policemen and wounded 13 other people, including six policemen, in the al-Jazeera area near Ramadi, 110 km (70 km) west of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - At least two people were killed and two others wounded when a parked car bomb exploded in central Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Four civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near a police patrol in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - Two policemen were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in Kirkuk, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of 13 people were found in different districts of Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

TAJI - Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded eight on Sunday when they attacked their checkpoint in the town of Taji, 20 km (9 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MUSSAYAB - The bodies of two people were found shot in the town of Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained five suspected insurgents during operations to disrupt al Qaeda activities in Tikrit, Baghdad and Baiji, the U.S. military said.