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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 08 Oct 2008

Oct 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1430 GMT on Wednesday.

* BAQUBA - A female suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest killed 10 people, including five soldiers and a policeman, and wounded 21 on Wednesday in Baquba, capital of Iraq's Diyala province north of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A bomb wounded four people in Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ISKANDARIYA - A roadside bomb killed one policeman and wounded one other in Iskandariya south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

MUSSAYAB - Police found a body in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad.