FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 27

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Source: Reuters




FACTBOX-Security developments in Iraq, March 27
27 Mar 2007 18:36:23 GMT

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March 27 (Reuters) - Following are security developments in Iraq as of 1830 GMT on Tuesday:

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*TAL AFAR - At least 50 people were killed and 120 wounded in two truck bomb attacks in the northwestern town of Tal Afar. One of the blasts was detonated by a suicide bomber who lured victims to his truck to buy wheat, the town's mayor and police chief said. The second exploded in a used car lot.

*BAGHDAD - Fifteen bodies were found across Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

BAGHDAD - One Iraqi soldier was killed and two wounded in a roadside blast in Ghazaliya district in western Baghdad, a Reuters photographer said.

*GARMA - A U.S. combat post was attacked by two suicide truck bombs and about 30 gunmen west of Baghdad on Monday, but the soldiers succeeded in repelling them and killing 15. Eight U.S. soldiers were wounded, the U.S. military said on Tuesday.

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