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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 26 Feb 2008

Feb 26 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1000 GMT on Tuesday.

KIRKUK - Gunmen killed two U.S.-backed neighbourhood policemen in a drive-by shooting in an attack on their checkpoint in a town south of Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Three bodies were found in different districts across Baghdad on Monday, police said.

MOSUL - Gunmen killed three men in a drive-by shooting on Monday in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

HILLA - A body was found with gunshot wounds in central Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.