FACTBOX-Developments in Iraq, March 13
13 Mar 2006 13:51:49 GMT

Source: Reuters

March 13 (Reuters) - Following are security incidents and political
developments in Iraq as of 1350 GMT on Monday.

U.S. and Iraqi forces have been battling a Sunni Arab insurgency against the
Shi'ite- and Kurdish-led government since U.S. troops toppled Saddam Hussein
in 2003.

A wave of sectarian violence since the bombing of a Shi'ite shrine on Feb.
22 has killed hundreds.

Asterisk denotes a new or updated item.

*BAGHDAD - A child was killed and three people wounded when a mortar round
landed on a house in the Shula district of Baghdad, police said.

*BAGHDAD - Two civilians were killed and four wounded when a car bomb
targeting a U.S. military convoy exploded in southern Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A U.S. soldier died of wounds from a roadside bomb in eastern
Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

ISKANDARIYA - A civilian was killed and three wounded when a roadside bomb
targeting a police patrol went off in Iskandariya, south of Baghdad, police
said.

TIKRIT - Five bodyguards were wounded when a car bomb exploded near the
convoy of the governor of Salahaddin province in Tikrit, 170 km (110 miles)
north of Baghdad, police said.

TIKRIT - Five people were killed and 18 wounded when a bomb targeting a
police patrol exploded in Tikrit, police said.

KIRKUK - Two policemen were killed and four wounded when two car bombs
exploded in separate attacks on a police patrol in the northern oil city of
Kirkuk, 250 km (150 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - Four policemen and six civilians were wounded when a roadside bomb
hit a police patrol in central Baghdad, police said.

FALLUJA - A U.S. Marine was killed on Sunday by "enemy action" in Anbar
Province, the U.S. military said.

TAJI - One person was killed and six wounded when a roadside bomb went off
in Taji, some 20 km north of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - The bodies of four people were found in Sadr City, in eastern
Baghdad, police said. They had been shot and there were signs of torture.