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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq 10 Apr 2009

April 10 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1330 GMT on Friday.

MOSUL - The U.S. military said five U.S. soldiers were killed in a suicide truck bomb attack on Friday in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. The blast also killed two Iraqi policemen, a statement said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb killed a woman and wounded her daughter in eastern Mosul, police said.

FALLUJA - Iraqi police arrested six militants accused of violent acts in eastern Falluja, 50 km (32 miles) west of Baghdad, Mahmoud al-Issawi, Falluja police chief said.

MOSUL - Gunmen shot dead a former candidate in the last provincial election in northeastern Mosul as he left the mosque after Friday prayers, police said.