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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 07 Nov 2009


Nov 7 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1200 GMT on Saturday.

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* BAGHDAD - A bicycle loaded with explosives killed a local Sunni Arab leader and wounded three bystanders in Abu Ghraib in the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

* KIRKUK - Gunmen shot dead a local pro-government militia member in southwest Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi policeman at a checkpoint in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi police patrol on Friday, wounding three policemen and two civilians in western Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeted a police patrol on foot, killing one policeman and wounding another in central Mosul on Friday, police said.

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