FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, August 31
31 Aug 2011 18:34
Aug 31 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1830 GMT on Wednesday.
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* BAGHDAD - A parked car bomb exploded near a police checkpoint on a commercial street, killing three people and wounding 20 others, including four policemen, in the Jihad district of southwestern Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.
* DAQUQ - Police found the body of an unidentified man with gunshot wounds in the town of Daquq, 200 km (125 miles) north of Baghdad, a police source in Kirkuk province said.
* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded and wounded three people in the Adhamiya district of northern Baghdad, an interior ministry source said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol, wounding five soldiers and three civilians in Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb went off near a U.S. military patrol, wounding two civilians in Baghdad's southwestern Bayaa district late on Tuesday, police said.
DAQUQ - A bomb planted in a cemetery wounded a woman and her daughter on Tuesday in Daquq, police said. (Compiled by Baghdad bureau)
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