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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Aug 10

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 0800 GMT on Tuesday.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Gunmen stormed the house of Malik al- Janabi, a leader of the government-backed Sahwa militia, killing him and three of his guards in Jurf al-Sakhar, in northern Babel province, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, a security source said.

JURF AL-SAKHAR - Iraqi police found the body of a man who had been handcuffed and had gunshot wounds in the head in Jurf al-Sakhar, south of Baghdad, a security source said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb attached to a vehicle wounded two people inside when it exploded in Baghdad's southwestern district of Amil, police said.

BAGHDAD - A couple of mortars landed in Baghdad's fortified Green Zone government and diplomatic enclave late on Monday, police said.