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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, Nov 25

by Reuters
Thursday, 25 November 2010 12:47 GMT

Nov 25 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1246 GMT on Thursday. * Denotes new or updated item.

* NEAR SAMARRA - A roadside bomb wounded police officer Nabeel Abbas Ashraf, head of the Huwaish police station, and two of his body guards, near Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, after it exploded hitting his convoy, a police source at the Samarra operations centre said.

TUZ KHURMATO - Two roadside bombs exploded in quick succession wounding four Iraqi soldiers and two children near a passing army patrol in central Tuz Khurmato, 170 km (105 miles) north of Baghdad, a police source at the Tuz Khurmato operations centre said.

TUZ KHURMATO - A roadside bomb wounded a police officer when it went off near his patrol in Tuz Khurmato, a police source from the Tuz Khurmato operations centre said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded an Iraqi soldier and two civilians when it exploded near an army patrol in eastern Baghdad, an Interior Ministry source said.

BAAJ - Gunmen killed a tailor when they hurled a hand grenade at his house in Baaj, 375 km (233 miles) northwest of Baghdad, a police source at the Nineveh operations centre said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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