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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 30 Oct 2006

Oct 30 (Reuters) - Following are security and other developments in Iraq as of 1800 GMT on Monday.

BAGHDAD - A sniper killed a member of the U.S. military police in east Baghdad, the military said in a statement. It was the 101st death in Iraq this month, making October the deadliest month for U.S. troops since January last year.

BAGHDAD - A bomb blast ripped through a crowd of poor labourers in a square in Baghdad's Shi'ite Sadr City district, killing 28 people and wounding 60, Interior Ministry sources said.

MOSUL - Police found four bodies, including that of a policeman, in different parts of Mosul, north of Baghdad, police said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army convoy injured one soldier in Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in Baghdad's southwestern Amil district, killing three people and wounding six, Interior Ministry sources said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in Baghdad's Hurriya district, wounding two people, Interior Ministry said.

IRAQI-SYRIAN BORDER - A suicide car bomber hit an Iraqi army checkpoint at a border pass near Syria, killing four soldiers and wounding one. An hour earlier, another suicide bomber attacked the same checkpoint, causing no casualties, army Colonel Nuri Hiyad al-Esawi said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded near Yarmouk hospital in southwestern Baghdad, killing one civilian and wounding five, Interior Ministry sources said.

KIRKUK - A suicide attacker blew himself up inside a police headquarters in Kirkuk, killing two policemen and a three-year-old girl and wounding 19, including 10 policemen. Police said the attacker was wearing a police officer uniform.

BAIJI - Gunmen attacked a police centre in the oil refinery city of Baiji 180 km (112 miles) north of Baghdad, killing two policemen and destroying a police car, police said.

MOSUL - Mortar rounds slammed an electricity power unit in eastern Mosul wounding five people, police said. BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in al-Harthiya district of Baghdad, killing two people and wounding five, Interior Ministry sources said.

BAGHDAD - A car bomb exploded in al-Bayaa district of Baghdad killing seven people and wounding 25, police said.

SUWAYRA - Police retrieved the bodies of six policemen bearing signs of torture and with bullet wounds from a river in Suwayra, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The U.S. military death toll in Iraq in October reached 100 after a U.S. Marine was killed on Sunday in western Anbar province, the U.S. military said on Monday.

NEAR KHALIS - A roadside bomb struck a car carrying labourers, killing two and seriously wounding three, near the town of Khalis, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

MAHMUDIYA - Police found six bodies bearing signs of torture, blindfolded and with bullet wounds, in Mahmudiya 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Gunmen shot dead Isam al-Rawi, head of the University Teachers' Association in Iraq, near his house in Baghdad, police said.

OTHER DEVELOPMENTS

BAGHDAD - Iraq plans to ask the United Nations Security Council to extend the mandate governing the presence of U.S.-led forces in Iraq for another year, Foreign Minister Hoshiyar Zebari said. He told Reuters that Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem had agreed to visit Baghdad, possibly in November.

BAGHDAD - Britain is moving most civilian staff from its consulate in the southern Iraqi city of Basra to the airport because of safety concerns due to the threat of mortar attacks, the foreign office said on Monday.