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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 17 May 2009

May 17 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1400 GMT on Sunday.

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* BASRA - A roadside bomb wounded an Iraqi soldier near an Iraqi base in northern Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - A suicide car bomb killed one policeman and wounded three civilian in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* MOSUL - Gunmen killed an off-duty prison official, police said.

* SAMARRA - Police found the body of a man, who had been shot in the head and chest, in a river in northern Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad.

HILLA - U.S. forces wounded one person on Saturday when they fired shots to disable a vehicle in Hilla, 100 km (62 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

MOSUL - Police said they found the decapitated body of a man in northern Mosul.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded three people on Saturday in the Jihad district of southwestern Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - Iraqi and U.S. forces detained four suspected insurgents in Diyala Province on May 11, the U.S military said.