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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 21 Aug 2008

Aug 21 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1545 GMT on Thursday.

MOSUL - Police found three bodies in various parts of Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad. One had been decapitated. Another was identified as the body of a policeman.

MOSUL - Militants killed a policeman in a gun battle in western Mosul, police said.

MOSUL - A policeman was wounded in clashes with gunmen in northern Mosul, police said.

BAGHDAD - U.S. forces detained 15 suspected militants during operations against al-Qaeda in different parts of Iraq, including one suspected of plotting attacks on local neighbourhood patrols.