FACTBOX: Security developments in Iraq, Nov 25

Following are security developments in Iraq at 6 a.m. EST on Sunday.* denotes new or updated items.

* MOSUL – A roadside bomb targeting a U.S. patrol wounded six people in the city of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

* FALLUJA – Police detained four gunmen after an attack that wounded a policeman in southern Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

* BAGHDAD – A car bomb killed nine people and wounded 30 near the Health Ministry in Bab al-Muadham street in central Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD – A roadside bomb wounded two civilians in the Waziriya district of northern Baghdad, police said. A second roadside bomb exploded when Iraqi security forces arrived on the scene, killing one soldier and wounding six others, police said.

BAGHDAD – Four bodies were found in different districts in Baghdad on Saturday, police said.

BALAD – Iraqi army and U.S. forces arrested two gunmen during operations on Saturday in different areas in Iraq, the U.S. military said.

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