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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Sept 2

02 Sep 2010 12:39:01 GMT

Sept 2 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1230 GMT on Thursday.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead Jameel Shihab Ahmed, head of administrative affairs in the Higher Education Ministry, in Baghdad's western district of Amiriya, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Gunmen attacked a government-backed Sunni militia checkpoint and shot dead one member in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen kidnapped and killed a taxi driver in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The attackers dumped the driver's body in a cemetery.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb wounded an Iraqi soldier when it exploded near his patrol in western Mosul, police said.

FALLUJA - Gunmen sprayed municipal officer Farouq al- Gertani's car with bullets, wounding him and killing two of his bodyguards, including his brother, near the town of al-Mashahda, north of Baghdad, police said.

BAIJI - Gunmen attacked a government-backed Sunni militia checkpoint late on Wednesday, killing two members and wounding five others in Baiji, 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)