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FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, April 13

April 13 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq at 1455 GMT on Tuesday.

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* BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb injured two people in the town of Washash in western Baghdad, police said.

* MAHMUDIYA - A bomb attached to a car killed a police lieutenant colonel and injured five civilians in the town of Mahmoudiya, about 30 km (20 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BASRA - A roadside bomb killed two people in the town of Zubair west of Basra, 420 km (260 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a shop selling alcohol in the Zayouna district in eastern Baghdad, killing three people and wounding seven, police said.

BAGHDAD - A bomb planted inside the vehicle of a public relations officer at moderately influential satellite TV channel Al-Rasheed -- generally considered critical of the Shi'ite-led government -- exploded in the Doura district of southern Baghdad, wounding him and five other people including a police officer, police said.