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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 27 May 2008

May 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1030 GMT on Tuesday:

BAIJI - Gunmen shot dead three Iraqi oil technicians as they were trying to fix an oil pipeline in the town of Baiji, 180 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen attacked and killed a policeman in a crowded area in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Militants shot dead a woman in a western suburb of Mosul, police said.

(Compiled by Aseel Kami, editing by Tim Cocks)