FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 8
08 Mar 2007 13:05:45 GMT
Source: Reuters


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March 8 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1200
GMT on Thursday:
* denotes a new or updated item.
* MOSUL - A car bomb targeting a police patrol killed two policemen and
wounded seven civilians in the northern city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles)
north of Baghdad, police said.
* SHIRQAT - Gunmen killed two policemen when they attacked a police
checkpoint in the town of Shirqat, south of Mosul, police said.
* BALAD - Gunmen opened fire at an army checkpoint, killing two soldiers and
wounding three others in the town of Balad, 80 km (60 miles) north of
Baghdad, police said.
* BALAD - Gunmen killed an Iraqi soldier on Wednesday in the town of Balad,
police said.
* HAWIJA - Gunmen killed two Iraqi soldiers in a drive-by shooting in the
town of Hawija, police said.
MOSUL - U.S. forces killed seven insurgents and arrested six others during
an operation while targeting al-Qaeda in Iraq, the U.S. military said.
MOSUL - Police arrested 42 prisoners on Wednesday who were among around 140
prisoners freed by militants from Badoush prison on Tuesday in the northern
city of Mosul, police said.
BAGHDAD - Iraqi soldiers killed four insurgents and arrested 176 suspected
insurgents during the last 24 hours in different parts of Iraq, the Defence
Ministry said.
DHULUIYA - Dozens of militants stormed two police stations and confiscated
all the weapons there and kidnapped a policeman in the town of Dhuluiya, 80
km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, local police said.
HAWIJA - A roadside bomb killed two civilians in the town of Hawija, 70 km
(40 miles) southwest of Baghdad, police said.
HAWIJA - Gunmen killed a man in the town of Hawija, police said.