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Factbox - Security developments in Iraq, 6 Nov 2006

Nov 6 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1330 GMT on Monday.

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*BAGHDAD - A curfew in Baghdad and other areas to prevent an insurgent backlash against a court ruling that Saddam Hussein should hang will be lifted on Tuesday, the prime minister's office said. Vehicles will be allowed back in the streets at 6 a.m. (0300 GMT). Pedestrians are free to travel immediately.

*BAGHDAD - Mortar shells slammed into Baghdad's western Sunni district of Adhamiya, wounding seven people, police said.

TIKRIT - Two U.S. soldiers were killed when a helicopter crashed in Salahaddin province north of Baghdad on Monday, the military said. "No activity fire was observed in the area at that time," a U.S. statement said, adding that the crash was under investigation.

BAQUBA - Police said the final toll when forces opened fire on pro-Saddam demonstrators in Baquba on Sunday was two dead and six wounded. Hundreds of people defied a curfew to protest after Saddam Hussein was sentenced to death.

FALLUJA - Two U.S. Marines and one soldier died on Saturday and Sunday from wounds sustained in combat in the western province of Anbar, the U.S. military said.