FACTBOX-Security Developments In Iraq, Feb 28

A roadside bomb wounded two civilians when it exploded as a police patrol was passing in Baghdad`s southern district of Doura.

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American soliders secure the scene of a car bomb that exploded in the capital city of Iraq, Baghdad, which killed 18 people.

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Published: February 28, 2009 10:31h

Following are security developments in Iraq at 0840 GMT on Saturday.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded six people, including three police officers, when it struck a police patrol in Baghdad's eastern district of Zaafaraniya on Saturday, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb wounded two civilians when it exploded as a police patrol was passing in Baghdad's southern district of Doura on Saturday, police said.

HAWIJA - Gunmen shot dead two members of a group of U.S.-backed neighbourhood patrolmen, and wounded another two, in an attack on their checkpoint in Hawija, 210 km (130 miles), north of Baghdad, on Friday, police said.

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