Factbox - Security developments in Iraq
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* NASSIRIYA - U.S. forces killed three suspected insurgents, including a senior member of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi army militia, and arrested 45 others during the past two days in Nassiriya, 375 km (235 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
* BAGHDAD - Four insurgents were killed and 62 detained during a four-day operation in southeast Baghdad, the U.S. military said.
* BAGHDAD - The Iraqi army arrested 44 suspected insurgents in the past 24 hours in different districts of Baghdad, the Defence Ministry said.
BAGHDAD - The death toll from a truck bomb targeting the Khilani Shi'ite mosque in central Baghdad on Tuesday was 87 killed and 214 wounded, police said. The mosque was badly damaged.
BAGHDAD - The bodies of 33 people were found abandoned in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said. They had all been shot.
AZIZIYA - Gunmen killed a police major in the town of Aziziya, 80 km (50 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.
KUT - The bodies of a young woman and a man were found in the city of Kut, 170 km (100 miles) southeast of Bagdad, police said. They had been shot.
ISKANDARIYA - A bomb planted inside a Sunni mosque badly damaged it in the town of Iskandariya, 40 km (25 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
ISKANDARIYA - A Sunni mosque suffered minor damage from a bomb attack in the town of Iskandariya on Tuesday, police said.
JBELA - A Sunni mosque was badly damaged by a bomb attack on Tuesday in the town of Jbela, 65 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
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