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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, July 12

Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:53 PM
Author: Reuters
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July 12 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1350 GMT on Tuesday.

BAGHDAD - Three Katyusha rockets landed in Baghdad's heavily fortified Green Zone, home to the U.S. embassy and Iraqi government offices, an Interior Minister source said. No casualties were reported.

MUSSAYAB - A roadside bomb wounded a member of the government-backed Sunni Sahwa militia in central Mussayab, about 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

ABU GHRAIB - A car bomb went off near a Sahwa checkpoint, killing two members and wounding four others, late on Monday in Abu Ghraib on the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

(Compiled by Baghdad newsroom)

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