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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, May 13

May 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0130 GMT on Thursday.

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* KIRKUK - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol wounded two soldiers in southwestern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb targeting a leader of the Turkmen community wounded one of his bodyguards in Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A suicide car bomber targeted a joint U.S.-Iraqi patrol on the main road from Baghdad to Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of the capital, wounding three Iraqis, including a policeman, police said.

MOSUL - A sticky bomb attached to a police officer's car seriously wounded six, including the officer, in southern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb targeting a police patrol wounded seven people, including five policemen, in central Baghdad, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - A roadside bomb killed two soldiers and wounded seven when they tried to defuse it in Mahmudiya, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.