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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 11 Mar 2009

March 11 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1330 GMT on Wednesday.

MOSUL - A car bomb near an Iraqi army patrol killed three soldiers and wounded 10 people, including two soldiers, in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - Two policemen and one civilian were wounded when a militant threw a hand grenade at a police patrol in central Mosul, police said.

JALAWLA - Three policemen were wounded by a roadside bomb in a village near the town of Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

KIRKUK - Two people were killed and seven were wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police patrol in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.