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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 08 Nov 2009


Nov 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1300 GMT on Sunday.

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* MOSUL - Two gunmen shot and wounded a policeman in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The gunmen were later arrested by police.

* MOSUL - Two militants were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting in eastern Mosul exploded, police said.

KIRKUK - Gunmen in a speeding car shot at and killed an employee of the North Oil Company in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - One attacker was killed and a policeman wounded when suspected insurgents attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint in Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, on Saturday night, police said.

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