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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 17 May 2008

May 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0700 GMT on Saturday:

NEAR BASRA - Eight bodies, all with gunshot wounds, were found in a mass grave west of the southern city of Basra, police said. It included six people who were identified as having been kidnapped last year. Basra is 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad.

BAGHDAD - Four bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

KIRKUK - A roadside bomb killed a man driving his car and also wounded his wife and two children in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

(compiled by Aws Qusay)